The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. – 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
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
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
I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness. – Julie Burchill