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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
Journalist
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Clarmont-Ferrand
Contact
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Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors.
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Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.
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