Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Quote by Anatole France

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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.

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

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...

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.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

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...

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

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of...

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of...

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

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...

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

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.

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him...

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him...

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...

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces

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...

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.