Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

— Anatole France

One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort for change is the essence of life.

— Anatole France

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.

— Anatole France

Our passions are ourselves.

— Anatole France

Simple style is like white light. It is complex but its complexity is not obvious.

— Anatole France

Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

— Anatole France

Suffering! ... We owe to it all that is good in us all that gives value to life we owe to it pity we owe to it courage we owe to it all the virtues.

— Anatole France

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

— Anatole France

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

— Anatole France

The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.

— Anatole France