Anatole France

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave behind…

Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened…

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value…

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of…

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom…

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law…

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is…

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to…

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull…

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to…

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness…

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

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