Anatole France

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

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.

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

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

The future is hidden even from those who make it.

Simple style is like white light. It is complex but its complexity is not obvious.

The law in its majestic equality forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges to beg in the streets and to steal bread.

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

Lack of understanding is a great power. Sometimes it enables men to conquer the world.

What we call happiness is what we do not know.

It is not customary to love what one has.

If fifty million people say a foolish thing it is still a foolish thing.

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.