Anatole France1844–1924People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), Pt. II, ch. 4- Le Jardin d’Épicure [The Garden of Epicurus] (1894)
You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists.
L’Humanité (18 July 1922)The greatest changes in social life are wrought imperceptibly, and are only seen from afar.
The White Stone (1905), Ch. III, p. 135Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), Pt. II, ch. 4- The White Stone (1905), Ch. III, p. 135
- Le Lys Rouge [The Red Lily] (1894), ch. 1
- The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), Pt. II, ch. 4
