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

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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...

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

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

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

Distance never seperates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and...

Distance never seperates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and...

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.

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall...

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall...

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...

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man...

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man...

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain...

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain...

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...

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.

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value...

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition...