Anatole France1844–1924- The Literary Life (1888-1892), Series III: Rabelais
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
Le livre de mon ami (1885): Le livre de Pierre, part I, ch. II: La dame en blancI prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), Pt. II, ch. 4It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
The Literary Life (1888-1892), Series II: M. Jules Lemaître
