309 Quotes by Anatole France

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.

It is almost systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no difference between right and wrong.

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.

The absurdity of a religious practice may be clearly demonstrated without lessening the numbers of people who indulge in it

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it