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Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world for there are always some whom one can love.
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The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls.
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