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He who leaves the game wins it.

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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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Politician
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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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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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
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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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The contact of two epidermises.
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We gild our medicines with sweets why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well?
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A good number of works owe their success to the mediocrity of their authors' ideas, which match the mediocrity of those of the general public.
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All passions exaggerate and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
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Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
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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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One must not hope to be more than one can be.
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If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
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Chance is a nickname for Providence.
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