Anatole FranceThinkers

Abstinence is the strangest of all the sexual aberrations.

Action is, in the end, always absurd; for human nature consists of thinking wisely and acting absurdly.

Action is that by which people live, not ideas.

Admiration is, along with pity, the only two feelings that human affairs inspire in noble hearts.

America is a place where there are forty million laws to enforce the ten commandments.

The Animal is a being which, until you have loved one, part of your soul will remain dormant.

Art is like love in that, in both, instinct is enough.

Art is that in which, as in love, instinct is enough.

Beauty is the attractive power of perfection.

Begging is common practice for the wealthy. It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.

Being 1s 2ery essence is one's own imperfections, imperfections to which one must cling.

Belief is magical. It is by believing in roses that you make them bloom.