Anatole France (French: [anatɔl fʁɑ̃s]; born François-Anatole Thibault [frɑ̃swa anatɔl tibo]; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie...
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work.
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.