Anatole France
French novelist (1844 - 1924)
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way to take advantage of them
The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.