Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

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.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way to take advantage of them

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

The impotence of God is infinite.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

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.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

Anatole France

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Anatole France

Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

French novelist (1844 - 1924)

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard