Anatole France

Anatole France (April 16, 1844 - October 12, 1924) was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole François Thibault. He was born in Paris, France, and died in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. He was buried in the Ancient Cemetery of Neuilly, Hauts-de-Seine.

Famous sayings

• "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."
• "I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."
• "If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
• "When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it."
• "Let us give to men irony and pity as witnesses and judges."
• "Make hatred hated."
• Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those that other people have lent me."