Anatole France

Nine tenths of education is encouragement. ↗

— Anatole France

#encouragement #nine

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces. ↗

— Anatole France

#among #critic #good #his #masterpieces

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. ↗

— Anatole France

#cheated #had #honest #honest people #merchant

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation. ↗

— Anatole France

#frightens #his #madman #most #sane

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind. ↗

— Anatole France

#does #education #mind #which #will

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. ↗

— Anatole France

#irony #joy #reflection #wisdom

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit. ↗

— Anatole France

#cash #credit #only #pay #poor

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. ↗

— Anatole France

#chance #did #ever #free #god

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest. ↗

— Anatole France

#chastity #sexual #strangest

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal. ↗

— Anatole France

#defining #him #makes #man #out