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The Gods Are Athirst quotes

Anatole France

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“What we call morality is merely a desperate enterprise, a forlorn hope, on the part of our fellow creatures to reverse the order of the universe, which is strife and murder, the blind interplay of hostile forces.” Anatole France, The Gods Are Athirst
“A man's life would be intolerable if he knew what is to befall him.” Anatole France, The Gods Are Athirst
“Nature teaches us to devour each other and gives us the example of all the crimes and all the vices which the social state corrects or conceals.” Anatole France, The Gods Are Athirst
“Reason is our guide and beacon-light; but when you have made a divinity of it, it will blind you and instigate you to crime” Anatole France, The Gods Are Athirst

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