La Croix de Berny, Letter 3 (1855) [with Jules Sandeau, Émile de Girardin, and Joseph Méry] - Gautier, Theophile | WIST Quotations
Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. [Le hasard, c'est peut-être le pseudonyme de Dieu quand il ne veut pas signer.] Source (French). Alternate translation: Let [chance] act, for perhaps it is the pseudonym of God. [tr. Fendall/Holcomb (1873)] Frequently misattributed to Anatole France.
