Anatole France

“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”

“An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.”

“I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.”

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

“It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.”

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”

“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.”

“If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”

“To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!”

“A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.”

“The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.”

“All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.”

“Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.”

“Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.”

“History is not a science, it is an art. You can only conjecture about it, you cannot prove it.”

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