Anatole France

"The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one."

"Man is made up of two parts: the body and the conscience. The conscience is in the stomach."

"The most dangerous moment comes right after the victory."

"It is better to understand one thing than to misunderstand ten."

"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine."

"The most interesting thing about a woman is her mind, unless she is beautiful, in which case it is her beauty."

"Printing is the gift of God, but printers are the servants of the devil."

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

"Money is the god of our age, and the banks are its temples."

"Hope is the only thing more powerful than fear, and slightly less reliable."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."

"To succeed, one must be cunning, ruthless, and above all, lucky."

"The greatest trick a devil ever pulled was convincing us he was evil."

"Beauty fades, but stupidity is forever."

"I would rather be wrong with company than right alone."

"War is the continuation of politics by other means, or so some soldier said."

"The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not care."

"Youth is wasted on the young because they do not know they will age."

"The greatest form of flattery is imitation, and the greatest form of criticism too."

"Change is the only constant, yet we all resist it."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong and the burden of the weak."

"The heart wants what it wants, and usually it is something foolish."

"To live is to suffer; to think about living is to suffer more."

"The greatest courage is to be true to oneself when the world demands you be false."

"Fashion is the science of appearance, and the scientist is usually a fraud."

"A man who has friends has everything except perhaps time to see them."

"The greatest power is the power over oneself, and the least common."

"Adventure is what happens when you make a wrong turn and are too proud to go back."

"Gratitude is the most thankless of all virtues."

"Perseverance is the continuation of desire long after hope has departed."