Anatole France

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

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

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

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

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel read more

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.