"It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." ― Anatole France Topic(s): Nature More From Anatole France "Nine tenths of education is encouragement." "History books that contain no lies are extremely dull." "Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom." More In Nature "I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum."― Desmond Tutu "The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also."― Harriet Ann Jacobs "There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it."― David Hume