Anatole France
"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."
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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."
"لا تُعرِ الكتب أبدًا، فما من أحدٍ يُعيدها؛ والكتب الوحيدة التي أملكها في مكتبتي هي تلك التي أعارني إياها الآخرون."
Anatole France
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
"لإنجاز العظائم، لا يكفي أن نعمل وحسب، بل يجب أن نحلم؛ ولا يكفي أن نخطط وحسب، بل يجب أن نؤمن."
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"Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom."
"المفارقة هي بهجة التأمل وسرور الحكمة."
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"I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."
"أُؤْثِرُ حَمَاقَةَ الْحَمَاسِ عَلَى حِكْمَةِ اللَّامُبَالَاةِ."
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"To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all."
"التخيل هو كل شيء، أما المعرفة فليست بشيء على الإطلاق."
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"Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues."
"الألم! له الفضل في كل ما هو خير فينا، وكل ما يمنح الحياة قيمة؛ فله ندين بالشفقة، وله ندين بالشجاعة، وله ندين بكل الفضائل."
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"The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything."
"الحقيقة أن الحياة شهية، مروعة، فاتنة، مخيفة، حلوة، مريرة، وهذا هو كل شيء."
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"That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future."
"الحصيف من الرجال من لا يرجو ولا يخشى شيئًا من غوائل المستقبل المجهولة."
Anatole France
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
"حتى يحب المرء حيوانًا، يظل جزء من روحه لم يستيقظ بعد."
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"Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign."
"الصدفة، لعلها اسم مستعار لله حين لا يشاء أن يوقع."
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"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
"No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign."
"لا ينبغي لأي حكومة أن تكون بلا رقيب؛"
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"Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear."
"فقط الرجال الذين لا يستهويهم النساء هم من يهتمون بملابس النساء. أما الرجال الذين يحبون النساء فلا يلحظون أبدًا ما يرتدين."
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"The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
Anatole France
"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."
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