309 Quotes by Anatole France

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.

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

The future is a convenient place for dreams.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.

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.

Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.

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