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
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. – Anatole France
Until one has loved an animal a part of ones soul remains unawakened. – 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
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us. – George Eliot, Adam Bede