'I love reason, but my love does not make me a fanatic,' Brotteaux answered. 'Reason is our guide, a light to show us our way; but if you make a divinity of it, it will blind you and lead you into crime.'

Anatole France, The Gods Will Have Blood (Penguin Books, 1990) p. 80

Ignorance is the necessary condition of human happiness, and it has to be admitted that on the whole mankind observes that condition well.

Anatole France, The Gods Will Have Blood (Penguin Books, 1990) p. 71