Anatole France

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

"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."

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

"We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book."

"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving."

"It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel."

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe!"

"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 us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another."

"To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act."

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."

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

"In art as in love, instinct is enough."

"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."

"Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me."

"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."