• Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.

    Nicolas Chamfort: Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.
    Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1902). “The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort”