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

Quote by Anatole France

Topics: Chance Quotes

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because...

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because...

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

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...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of...

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of...

See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a...

See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a...