It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Theologians and philosophers, who make God the creator of Nature and the architect of the Universe, reveal Him to us as an… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“I sought out the laws which govern nature, solid or ethereal, and after much pondering I perceived that the Universe had not… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?” — Anatole France Copy Share Image
We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” — Anatole France Copy Share Image
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
