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We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.

Nicolas Chamfort

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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
Women
Justly
Weaker
Governed
Consider
Weakness

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