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
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
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness. – 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
I dont want to get into the whos a hostage-taker discussion here, but what is the estate tax? Its a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that its really not a tax that soaks the rich, but its a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. – Paul Ryan