What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! – Anatole France
Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He does not want to sign His name. – Anatole France
The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. – Anatole France
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are those that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France