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

Quote by Anatole France

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The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is...

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

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.

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to...

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to...

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

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

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses;...

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses;...

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security,...

A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security,...

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...

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

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

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.

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 books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Say: My Lord has enjoined justice, and set upright your faces at every time of...

Say: My Lord has enjoined justice, and set upright your faces at every time of...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass...

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass...