Anatole France quotes - Page : 5

" There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. " # Bargains # Honesty # Business

" What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation. " # Sanity # Madness # Fear

" The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads. " # Books - Reading

" The pseudonym for God when He did not want to sign. " # Chance

" Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He does not want to sign His name. " # Chance

" The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them. " # Words # Understanding # Books - Reading

" The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. " # Curiosity # Arts and Artists # Teachers and Teaching

" The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy. " # Uncategorised # Happiness # Curiosity

" 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. " # Courage # Suffering # Virtue

" One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life. " # Change # Regret # Complaints and Complaining