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He who leaves the game wins it.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
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There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me.
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An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought.
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We must start human society from scratch as Francis Bacon said, we must recreate human understanding.
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Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.
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Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
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Be my brother or I will kill you.
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Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
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