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
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.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be
Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He does not want to sign His name.
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it
The pseudonym for God when He did not want to sign.
It is almost systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no difference between right and wrong.
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly
Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.
The absurdity of a religious practice may be clearly demonstrated without lessening the numbers of people who indulge in it
The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere