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

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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.

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...

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

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...

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven...

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven...

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

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

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...

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

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...

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

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...

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

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

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another...

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another...

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...

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...