All changes, even the most ... by Anatole France, a French Novelist

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“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”

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Name: Anatole France

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Apr 16, 1844

Date of Death: Oct 12, 1924

Profession: Novelist

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