Anatole France

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of read more

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.

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a read more

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the read more

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

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all read more

Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all progress, adn the essay into a better world.