Quotes by France, Anatole

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. >>

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. >>

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value t >>

Quotations about Egotism

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. >>

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has mad >>

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he im >>

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

France, Anatole