An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

Quote by Anatole France

Topics: Education Quotes, Mind Quotes

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very...

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very...

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

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

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to...

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

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

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

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven...

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven...

A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.

A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value...

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value...

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security,...

A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security,...

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall...

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another...

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another...

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts