| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 487 |
| AUTHOR: | Anatole France (1844–1924) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | ANATOLE FRANCE, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (vol. 1 of The Works of Anatole France), trans. Lafcadio Hearn, part 2, chapter 4, June 6, 1860, p. 198 (1924). |
| SUBJECTS: | Education |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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