Anatole France , born Anatole François Thibault, was a French author. He was born in Paris, and died in Tours, Indre-et-Loire.
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“I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.”
Anatole France
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.”
“People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them”
“Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.”
“If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”
“It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.”
“It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown”
“What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.”
“Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.”
“The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.”