More quotes by Anatole France

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