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.
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.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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.
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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!
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.
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.
Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
