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Anatole France Quotes

French - Novelist | April 16, 1844 - October 12, 1924

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence Fools Wit

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.

Life Value Me Fate Poverty Born

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

God Government Free Chance Want

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

Dream Never Existence Would Were

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

Best People Treat Talking Subject

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

Fear Future Man Events Anything Who

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Wisdom Enthusiasm Indifference Folly

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.

Man Animal Worst Him Out Rational

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.

Credit Poor Virtue Pay Cash Because

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

Education Mind Will Cultivate Which

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

Good Soul Critic Who Adventures He

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

Fool Man Wise Think Wise Man Knows

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