Anatole France ( 10 of 39 )
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.
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.
How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in read more
How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg read more
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
