309 Quotes by Anatole France

It is by believing in roses that you make them bloom.

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

The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it.

Lack of understanding is a great power. Sometimes it enables men to conquer the world.

America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments.

For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.

The more you say, the less they remember.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.