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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
Journalist
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.
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Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists.
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Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
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He who leaves the game wins it.
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Where violence reigns, reason is weak.
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Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
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