Anatole France quotes

Anatole France was a French writer and Nobel Prize laureate, renowned for his wit and mastery of prose. His works explored topics such as skepticism, social justice, and the complexities of human nature. He remains a celebrated figure in the history of French literature. Here are 157 of his quotes:

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. (Anatole France)
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. View quote
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It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. View quote
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It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot. View quote
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Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin. View quote
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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. View quote
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In art as in love, instinct is enough. View quote
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. View quote
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Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. View quote
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If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. View quote
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It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live. (Anatole France)
When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it. View quote
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In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. View quote
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Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. View quote
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The books that everybody admires are those nobody reads. View quote
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Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness. View quote
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. View quote
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. View quote
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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. View quote
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That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. View quote
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It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit. (Anatole France)
Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water. View quote
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Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. View quote
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Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal. View quote
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We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best. View quote
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Anatole France

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Occupation: French Novelist
Born: April 16, 1844
Died: October 12, 1924
Quotes count: 157
Wikipedia: Anatole France

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