Quotes by France, Anatole

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads. >>

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him >>

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. >>

Quotations about Poverty and The Poor

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth. >>

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as >>

He who ashamed of his poverty would be equally proud of his wealth. >>

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.

France, Anatole