black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Anatole France

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 by acts and not by ideas that people live.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Act Ideas Live People
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Deal Time
Science neither cares to please nor to displease. She is inhuman. It is not science but poetry that charms and consoles. And that is why poetry is more necessary than science.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Care Human Necessary Poetry Science
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
ANATOLE FRANCE

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

End Life People
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Change Growth Live
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Forever Life Man
Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Sex Strange
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Difference Myself Wisdom
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
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Book Library Myself People
He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Eat Himself Man Old See Truth
If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Fools People
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Book Reading
Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Death Endurance Nation Strength Survive
As to the kind of truth one finds in books, it is a truth that enables us sometimes to discern what things are not, without ever enabling us to discover what they are.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Discover Kind Truth
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Book History Lie
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Beautiful Leadership Path
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Art Mindset Nature Purpose Satisfaction Teaching
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Education Encouragement
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Equality Food Poor Rich
Our passions are ourselves.
ANATOLE FRANCE

One Liner Ourselves Passion
The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Deep Man Stars
Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Enough Mindset People
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Break Danger Evil Stupidity Time
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Man Truth

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Anatole France Quotes