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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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France

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Books
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There is something ghostly in all great art. – Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) [a.k.a. Koizumi Yakumo —tεᖇ&#5

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All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldnt read it the way you read history or science. – Leslie Fiedler

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I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. – Oscar Wilde

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The art of communication is the language of leadership. – James Humes

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A mother’s heart is a patchwork of love. – Author Unknown

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