“An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.”
Education
“Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.”
HappinessAll Quotes by 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.”
War“Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.”
Happiness“Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.”
Men“We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best.”
Best“In art as in love, instinct is enough.”
Art“Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.”
Great“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.”
God“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.”
Dreams“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.”
Change“That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.”
Fear“It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.”
Nature“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
Imagination“History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.”
History“The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.”
Truth“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
Pet“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”
Art“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.”
God“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.”
Courage“Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.”
Wisdom