Anatole France

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

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

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.

The impotence of God is infinite.

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.

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

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Anatole France - The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

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.

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.

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

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand 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.

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

People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way to take advantage of them
Anatole France - The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

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

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

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Anatole France - Revolt of the Angels
To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price upon conjectures.
Anatole France - The Red Lily, 1894, chapter 7
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 - The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

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

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

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

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

Never lend books - nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.

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

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.

- Anatole France