Quotes by Anatole France

I do not know any reading more easy more fascinating more delightful than a catalogue.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

All changes even the most longed for have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is apart of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter into another.

One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort for change is the essence of life.

All changes even the most longed for have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter into another.

And the thing has been said and said well have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

The good critic is he who narrates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity.

Our passions are ourselves.

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

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

It is not customary to love what one has.

What we call happiness is what we do not know.

Lack of understanding is a great power. Sometimes it enables men to conquer the world.

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

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.

Simple style is like white light. It is complex but its complexity is not obvious.

The future is hidden even from those who make it.

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

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.