I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of images to trouble the souls and change the hearts of men

Quote by Anatole France

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

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

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him...

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him...

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

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

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

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...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

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

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

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...

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

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...

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

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

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

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

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

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

The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new...

The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new...

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by...

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by...

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their...

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their...