Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Quote by Anatole France

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I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of...

I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of...

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind...

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind...

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are...

Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are...

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security,...

A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security,...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan,...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan,...

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy...

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy...

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who...

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who...

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of...

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of...

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses;...

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses;...

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,...

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,...