Salzburg, Austria - 20071. ”A good critic is one who narrates the adventures of his mind among masterpieces.”
2. “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!”
3. “An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.”
4. “A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.”
5. “Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when He does not wish to sign his work.”
6. ”Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.”
7. ”Education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.”]
8. “He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.”
9. "History books that contain no lies are extremely dull."
10. ”I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.”
11. "If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
12. “I freely acknowledge that it is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.”
13. “If the path is beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”]“In art as in love, instinct is enough.”
14. ”Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.”
15. “Intelligent women always marry fools.”
16. ”I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.”
17. “It is almost systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no difference between right and wrong."
18. “It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.”
19. “It is in the ability to deceive oneself that one shows the greatest talent.
20. “It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.”
21. “It is his reasonable conversation which mostly frightens us in a madman.”
22. “Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned.”
23. "Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness."
24. “Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.”
25. ”Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.”
26. “Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are books that other folk have lent me.”
27. "Nine tenths of education is encouragement."
28. ”Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.”
29. "Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal."
30. "One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life."
31. “One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.”
32. ”Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.”
33. "The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them."
34. “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
35. ”The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”
36. “Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.”
37. "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
38. ”To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.”
39. "To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all."
40. ”We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.”
41. "We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best."
42. “When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.”
43. "Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom."
44. ”Without the Utopias of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked. It was Utopians who traced the lines of the first city . . . Out of generous dreams come beneficial realities. Utopia is the principle of all progress, and the essay into a better future.”
(All quotations by Anatole France)
2. “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!”
3. “An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.”
4. “A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.”
5. “Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when He does not wish to sign his work.”
6. ”Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.”
7. ”Education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.”]
8. “He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.”
9. "History books that contain no lies are extremely dull."
10. ”I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.”
11. "If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
12. “I freely acknowledge that it is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.”
13. “If the path is beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”]“In art as in love, instinct is enough.”
14. ”Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.”
15. “Intelligent women always marry fools.”
16. ”I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.”
17. “It is almost systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no difference between right and wrong."
18. “It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.”
19. “It is in the ability to deceive oneself that one shows the greatest talent.
20. “It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.”
21. “It is his reasonable conversation which mostly frightens us in a madman.”
22. “Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned.”
23. "Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness."
24. “Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.”
25. ”Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.”
26. “Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are books that other folk have lent me.”
27. "Nine tenths of education is encouragement."
28. ”Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.”
29. "Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal."
30. "One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life."
31. “One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.”
32. ”Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.”
33. "The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them."
34. “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
35. ”The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”
36. “Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.”
37. "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
38. ”To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.”
39. "To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all."
40. ”We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.”
41. "We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best."
42. “When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.”
43. "Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom."
44. ”Without the Utopias of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked. It was Utopians who traced the lines of the first city . . . Out of generous dreams come beneficial realities. Utopia is the principle of all progress, and the essay into a better future.”
(All quotations by Anatole France)
