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The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
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Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.
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Be my brother or I will kill you.
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We gild our medicines with sweets why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well?
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