The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. – Anatole France
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. – Anatole France
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. – Anatole France
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
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France
