Quote by Anatole France
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric o

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! – Anatole France

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The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. – Anatole France

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Literature
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The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. – Anatole France

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Greed
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The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls. – Anatole France

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Dogs
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To do a dull thing with style-now thats what I call art. – Charles Bukowski

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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. – G.K. Chesterton

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No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. – Theodore Bikel

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I didnt grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon. – Sydney Pollack

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The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man. – Nelson Algren