Anatole France
Anatole France
Anatole Francewas a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 April 1844
CountryFrance
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
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.
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
True education is the ability to discern the difference between what you do know and what you don't.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.
The future is a convenient place for dreams.