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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
Philosopher
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.
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Change, change,--we all covet change.
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Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.
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We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.
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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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Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.
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To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.
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Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.
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Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
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Vivre est un maladie dont le sommeil nous soulage toutes les 16 heures. C'est un pallatif. La mort est le remede.
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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
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Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors.
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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 books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
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Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.
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Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
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It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.
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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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The philosopher who would fain extinguish his passions resembles the chemist who would like to let his furnace go out.
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
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