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 imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.
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.
Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
Without the Utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked. It was Utopians who traced the lines of the first City.....Out of generous dreams come beneficial realities. Utopia is the principle of all progress, and the essay into a better future.
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.