The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Quotes

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

― Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

topic:man

“there is not a single one of those books which does not contradict some other book; so that by the time one has read them all one does not know what to think about anything.”

― Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

topic:bookscontradiction

“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy.”

― Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

topic:mindteaching

“That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor of the couch of the goddesses.”

― Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

topic:children