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Anatole France quote about knowledge from The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881) - To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.

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“ To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. ”

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Author

Anatole France

Source

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Topic

knowledge imagination

Date

1881

Language

English

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