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

Quote by Anatole France

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

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...

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

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

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

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.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

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...

A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.

A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.

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...

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and...

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and...

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very...

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very...

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters...

I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters...

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.