“If fifty million people say a foolish thing it is still a foolish thing.”
Anatole France“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel. -Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)”
Anatole France“All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins.”
Anatole France“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.(From an introductory speech at a session of the Académie Française, December 24, 1896)”
Anatole France, Works of Anatole France“Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.”
Anatole France“I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.”
Anatole France“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.”
Anatole France“In art as in love, instinct is enough.”
Anatole France“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
Anatole France“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.”
Anatole France“The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.”
Anatole France