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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
Playwright
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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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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In love, everything is true, everything is false it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity.
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A man without nobility cannot have kindliness he can only have good nature.
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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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Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
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[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed.
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Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.
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One must not hope to be more than one can be.
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Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.
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