“Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.”

About Anatole France

1844 – 1924

French poet, journalist and novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1921).

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

“What we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”

“If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.”

“Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.”

“Happiness lies in breadth of heart.”

“He knew she was there by the joy and fear that overwhelmed his heart.”

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.”

“There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”