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What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
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He who leaves the game wins it.
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We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.
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Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.
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Man reaches each stage of his life as a novice.
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It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.
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In love, everything is true, everything is false it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity.
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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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Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
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Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.
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In great matters, men behave as they are expected to in little ones, as they would naturally
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