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Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
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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Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.
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Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, No. To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.
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Change, change,--we all covet change.
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Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.
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The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.
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In great matters, men behave as they are expected to in little ones, as they would naturally
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A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
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There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.
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A man without nobility cannot have kindliness he can only have good nature.
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