Book Quotes by Anatole France

“No, let us not conquer the heavens. It is enough to have the power to do so. War engenders war, and victory defeat. God,…

— Anatole France

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.

— Anatole France

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

— Anatole France

The law ... allows rich as well as poor to sleep under bridges.

— Anatole France

“...the adventure of the soul among the masterpieces.”

— Anatole France

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

— Anatole France

The future is a convenient place for dreams.

— Anatole France

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

— Anatole France

“And what, above all, I blame in you is that you have not married in compliance with the law and given children to the…

— Anatole France

An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But…

— Anatole France

A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not…

— Anatole France

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

— Anatole France

The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop…

— Anatole France

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it

— Anatole France

Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all progress, adn the essay…

— Anatole France