309 Quotes by Anatole France

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

The pseudonym for God when He did not want to sign.

Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.

Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are in the world for that and the rest of life is nothing but vanity, illusion, waste. There is only one science, love, only one riches, love, only one policy, love. To make love is all the law, and the prophets.