The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
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

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
Anatole France

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
Anatole France

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
Anatole France

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
Anatole France

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.
Anatole France

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!
Anatole France

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.
Anatole France

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Anatole France

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
Anatole France

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
Anatole France