History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. – Anatole France
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness. – Anatole France
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin. – Anatole France
No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. – Anatole France
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. – Anatole France
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. – Anatole France
The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. – Anatole France
Nine tenths of education is encouragement. – Anatole France
An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind. – Anatole France
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe. – Anatole France
Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues. – Anatole France
We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best. – Anatole France
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! – Anatole France
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
In art as in love, instinct is enough. – Anatole France
Caress your phrase tenderly: it will end by smiling at you. – Anatole France
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. – Anatole France
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. – Anatole France
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. – Anatole France
It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. – Anatole France
