Anatole France Quotes about Life

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

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

Anatole France

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Anatole France

Life, Change, People Changing

Anatole France (2016). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”, p.186, Anatole France

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.

Anatole France

Life, Sweet, Literature

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

Anatole France

Life, Men, Average

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

Anatole France

Love, Life, Art

"The Garden of Epicurus". Book by Anatole France, 1894.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

Anatole France

Life, Happiness, Happy

Anatole France (2016). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”, p.36, Anatole France

A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.

Anatole France

Life, Love Is, Beef

Anatole France (2015). “The Revolt of the Angels: Works by France”, p.28, 谷月社

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

Anatole France

Life, Beautiful, Business

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

Anatole France

Life, Nature, Believe

Anatole France (2015). “The Revolt of the Angels: Works by France”, p.130, 谷月社