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Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.

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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
Journalist
Philosopher
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.
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She commands who is blest with indifference.
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To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others this is true morality.
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One must not hope to be more than one can 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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Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.
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Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.
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Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
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Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.
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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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In living and in seeing other men, the heart must break or become as bronze.
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The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.
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Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
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Change, change,--we all covet change.
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The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.
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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
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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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There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.
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Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.
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