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What men call civilization is...

What men call civilization is the condition of present customs; what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones.

Anatole France 254 quotes

Religion has done love a grea...

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

Anatole France 254 quotes

To accomplish great things, w...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France 254 quotes

Without lies humanity would p...

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Anatole France 254 quotes

If a million people say a foo...

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Anatole France 254 quotes

Of all earthly creatures, hum...

Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.

Anatole France 254 quotes

Chance is the pseudonym God u...

Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.

Anatole France 254 quotes

Man is a rational animal. He ...

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

Anatole France 254 quotes

The first virtue of all reall...

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

Anatole France 254 quotes

Dictionary: The universe in a...

Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.

Anatole France 254 quotes

A tale without love is like b...

A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.

Anatole France 254 quotes

The best sentence? The shorte...

The best sentence? The shortest.

Anatole France 254 quotes

It is by believing in roses t...

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

Anatole France 254 quotes

Suffering... We owe to it all...

Suffering... We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

Anatole France 254 quotes

Good angels are fallible ... ...

Good angels are fallible ... they sin every day and fall from Heaven like flies.

Anatole France 254 quotes

The power of love itself weak...

The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.

Anatole France 254 quotes

For a man’s life would become...

For a man’s life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future evils, and would suffer their agonies in advance, while he would get no joy of present blessings since he would know how they would end. Ignorance is the necessary condition of human happiness, and it has to be admitted that on the whole mankind observes that condition well. We are almost entirely ignorant of ourselves; absolutely of others. In ignorance, we find our bliss; in illusions, our happiness.

Anatole France 254 quotes

Nature, in her indifference, ...

Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

Anatole France 254 quotes

It is human nature to think w...

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

Anatole France 254 quotes

He flattered himself on being...

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

Anatole France 254 quotes

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