Anatole France

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. ↗

— Anatole France

#love #pets #love

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. ↗

— Anatole France

#lending #library #library

All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy ↗

— Anatole France

#change

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ↗

— Anatole France

#another #before #behind #changes #die

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. (From an introductory speech at a session of the Académie Française, December 24, 1896) ↗

— Anatole France

#aspirations #belief #dreams #dreams

To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. ↗

— Anatole France

#imagination

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. ↗

— Anatole France

#dream #good-works #inspirational #dreams

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe! ↗

— Anatole France

#dreams

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel. ↗

— Anatole France

#truth #zealotry #men

In art as in love, instinct is enough. ↗

— Anatole France

#enough #instinct #love