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The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which lasts forever.

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Today in Labor History April 16, 1884: Anatole France was born. He was a poet and novelist and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1921. Many of his works satirized religious and political ideas. The son of a bookseller, France spent much of his childhood in his family’s bookstore, reading voraciously, and meeting many of the writers who frequented the store. He was active in the movement to free Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer falsely accused of espionage. And he signed Emile Zola’s letter in support of Dreyfus, “J’accuse.” France wrote about wrote about the affair in his 1901 novel “Monsieur Bergeret.” France's novel, “Penguin Island” depicts penguins transformed into humans after the birds have been mistakenly baptized by the almost-blind Abbot Mael. “The Gods Are Athirst” (1912), about a true-believing follower of Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror of 1793–94, is a wake-up call against political and ideological fanaticism. “The Revolt of the Angels” (1914) it tells the story of Arcade, a bored guardian angel who starts reading his mentee’s books on theology and becomes an atheist, moves to Paris, falls in love, and loses his virginity causing his wings to fall off. He then joins the revolutionary movement of fallen angels.

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RE: https://piaille.fr/@Fennec/116343005643597366

Quelle découverte, magnifique, cette traduction, plein d’annotations et tout ! #Akutagawa avait modelé ce recueil de textes sur « Le Jardin d'Épicure » d'#AnatoleFrance qu'il aimait tant – c’est lui qui l’introduisit au Japon dès 1914 par sa traduction de « Balthasar » (à partir d’une version anglaise, je ne pense pas qu’il parlait français à l’époque). L'original étant dans le domaine public, le texte (en écriture moderne) est sur Aozora Bunko : https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000879/files/158_15132.html

"It is the duty of the poor to support and sustain the rich in their power and idleness. In doing so, they have to work before the laws' majestic equality, which forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."

Anatole France, 1894

#AnatoleFrance #socialjustice

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
-- Anatole France

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AnatoleFrance #Imagination

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
-- Anatole France

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Driftwood #Florida

Допитливість збуджує ...
Анатоль Франс

La curiosité excite le désir ...
Anatole France
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#допитливість #бажання #насолода #психологія #АнатольФранс
#curiosity #desire #pleasure #psychology #AnatoleFrance

Literarischer #12Oktober

„Ironie ist die letzte Phase der Enttäuschung."

#AnatoleFrance Tod 1924