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Pleasure can be supported by an illusion but happiness rests upon truth.
Nicolas Chamfort
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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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Truth
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Illusion
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His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
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A modicum of discord is the very spice of courtship.
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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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Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
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If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
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Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.
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Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking.
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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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In the library of the world men have hitherto been ranged according to the form, and the binding the time is coming when they will take rank and order according to their contents and intrinsic merits.
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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
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There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
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Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors.
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Where violence reigns, reason is weak.
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It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.
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She commands who is blest with indifference.
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