Anatole France Quotes & Sayings

56 most famous Anatole France quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a French novelist who passed away on 12 October, 1924.

“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”

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

“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.”

“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.”

“In art as in love, instinct is enough.”

“Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.”

“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.”

“An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.”