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

Quote by Anatole France

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

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

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.

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.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

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

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

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

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

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

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...

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to...

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to...

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,...

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

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

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

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

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

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,...

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...

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind...

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who...

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who...