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

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Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia...

Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia...

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

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

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

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,...

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

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...

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always pain...

Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always pain...

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...

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,...

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

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

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

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him...

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him...

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin.

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.