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
The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which will last forever
Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly
The absurdity of a religious practice may be clearly demonstrated without lessening the numbers of people who indulge in it
When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be
The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls.
A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.
The Arab who built himself a hut with marbles from the temple of Palmyra is more philosophical than all the curators of the museums of London, Paris, and Munich.
There is a certain impertinence in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.
What men call civilization is the condition of present customs; what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones.