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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.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
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All passions exaggerate and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
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Where violence reigns, reason is weak.
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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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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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Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.
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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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If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.
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