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Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
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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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Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.
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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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Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?
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Society would be a charming affair if we were only interested in one another.
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There is as much expression in the feet as in the hands.
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It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
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The philosopher who would fain extinguish his passions resembles the chemist who would like to let his furnace go out.
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Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.
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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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It is children only who enjoy the present their elders either live on the memory of the past or the hope of the future.
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There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
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