black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

Anatole France

Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
ANATOLE FRANCE

Humanity Lie
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Himself Kind Man
It is not customary to love what one has
ANATOLE FRANCE

Love Oneself
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Death Price Willing
Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Sex Strange
Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! 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

Courage Divine Goodness Life Suffering Value Virtue
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Animal Believe Himself Logic Man Thinking
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Man Truth
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Equality Food Law Poor Rich
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Education Encouragement
But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Himself Myself Touch World
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Establishment Existence Man Nature
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
ANATOLE FRANCE

People Weakness
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Art Enough Love
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Character Man Truth

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Anatole France Quotes