The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. – Anatole France
The pseudonym for God when He did not want to sign. – Anatole France
Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He does not want to sign His name. – Anatole France
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. – Anatole France
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. – Anatole France
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are those that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France
There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. – Anatole France
The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls. – Anatole France
What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation. – Anatole France
Until one has loved an animal a part of ones soul remains unawakened. – Anatole France
Only men who are not interested in women are interested in womens clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. – Anatole France
An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. Its being able to differentiate between what you know and what you dont. – 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
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. – Anatole France
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. – Anatole France
War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war. – Anatole France
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. – Anatole France
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. – Anatole France
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. – Anatole France
To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all. – Anatole France
