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

Quote by Anatole France

Topics: Action Quotes, Ideas Quotes, Living Quotes, People Quotes

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...

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses;...

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses;...

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

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

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

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

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

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

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...

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...

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

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...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

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.

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...

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.