Whoever has received knowledge
and eloquence in speech from God
should not be silent or secretive
but demonstrate it willingly.
When a great good is widely heard of,
then, and only then, does it bloom,
and when that good is praised by man,
it has spread its blossoms.


Marie de France

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The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.
ANATOLE FRANCE
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last for...
ANATOLE FRANCE
You change your life by changing your heart.
ANATOLE FRANCE
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another
ANATOLE FRANCE
Nothing spoils a confession like repentance
ANATOLE FRANCE
It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg
ANATOLE FRANCE
The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it
ANATOLE FRANCE
All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious
ANATOLE FRANCE
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them
ANATOLE FRANCE
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them
ANATOLE FRANCE
We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best
ANATOLE FRANCE
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be
ANATOLE FRANCE
Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.
ANATOLE FRANCE
We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pli...
ANATOLE FRANCE
A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security, or a man who women don�...
ANATOLE FRANCE
I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of images to trouble the souls and...
ANATOLE FRANCE
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
ANATOLE FRANCE
In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing
ANATOLE FRANCE
One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irr...
ANATOLE FRANCE
Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
ANATOLE FRANCE
We are not happy that he has had a progression of pushing the envelope. We expect everybody to be ag...
BRIAN FRANCE
The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which will last foreve...
ANATOLE FRANCE
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that o...
ANATOLE FRANCE
The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but t...
ANATOLE FRANCE
J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence.
ANATOLE FRANCE
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
ANATOLE FRANCE
If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a crue...
ANATOLE FRANCE
America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments
ANATOLE FRANCE
It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. Fro...
ANATOLE FRANCE
He despises men with tenderness
ANATOLE FRANCE
Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom
ANATOLE FRANCE
Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.
ANATOLE FRANCE
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by c...
ANATOLE FRANCE
The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere
ANATOLE FRANCE
The impotence of God is infinite
ANATOLE FRANCE
If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a crue...
ANATOLE FRANCE
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly
ANATOLE FRANCE
The future is a convenient place for dreams
ANATOLE FRANCE
A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself
ANATOLE FRANCE
War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffe...
ANATOLE FRANCE
A woman without breasts is like a bed without pillows
ANATOLE FRANCE
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that o...
ANATOLE FRANCE
The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the ...
ANATOLE FRANCE
It has been a big distraction. We haven't announced the final penalty for Chad yet. We don't expect ...
BRIAN FRANCE
This is the maximum amount of power we can currently test. We suspect the coil is even more powerful...
DANIELLE FRANCE
I think there's a tremendous ripple effect. For a species like the grizzly, it's an indicator specie...
TOM FRANCE
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom
ANATOLE FRANCE
As far as Ronnie hurting himself, we are aware of how it could affect him. It has affected guys diff...
TODD FRANCE
Silence is the wit of fools.
ANATOLE FRANCE
It's not a flag I look at (as) anything favorable.
BRIAN FRANCE
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown
ANATOLE FRANCE
We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent
ANATOLE FRANCE
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
ANATOLE FRANCE