Anatole France

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.

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

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

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.