Famous Anatole France Quotes

  • What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance? – Anatole France

    What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?– Anatole France

  • The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. – Anatole France

    The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.– Anatole France

  • If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. – Anatole France

    If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.– Anatole France

  • Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order. – Anatole France

    Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.– Anatole France

  • Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. – Anatole France

    Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. – Anatole France

  • All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins. – Anatole France

    All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins.– Anatole France

  • The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread. – Anatole France

    The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.– Anatole France

  • It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks. – Anatole France

    It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.– Anatole France

  • For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end. – Anatole France

    For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.– Anatole France

  • Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest. – Anatole France

    Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.– Anatole France