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Anatole France

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Anatole France

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Anatole France is saying that the only way to truly understand or improve at something is through direct experience and practice. Just as skills like speaking or running are developed by doing them, love also grows and becomes real only through the act of loving itself.

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