Famous Quotes by Anatole France
Below are famous quotes by Anatole France - French novelist (1844 - 1924).
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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.
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work.
Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
If a million people say a foolish thing, is it still a foolish thing.
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.
Never lend books - nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.
Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
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.
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them.
The impotence of God is infinite.
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.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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.
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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