Anatole France

Quotes

• “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we mus...”
• “You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you l...”
• “The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfyin...”
• “Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent...”
• “The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.”
• “To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe!”
• “We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.”
• “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
• “It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.”
• “The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.”
• “To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.”
• “It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.”
• “In art as in love, instinct is enough.”