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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.
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 is as much expression in the feet as in the hands.
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There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.
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Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, No. To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.
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Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.
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If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.
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The contact of two epidermises.
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The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society
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There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
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The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.
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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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She commands who is blest with indifference.
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Remorse turns us against ourselves.
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Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.
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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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Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
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There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
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If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.
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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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There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.
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