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

Quote by Anatole France

Topics: Enthusiasm Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

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...

Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia...

Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia...

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind...

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain...

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always pain...

Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always pain...

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who...

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who...

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.

The impotence of God is infinite

The impotence of God is infinite

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,...

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,...

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy...

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy...

I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of...

I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of...

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

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

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

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.

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...