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A good number of works owe their success to the mediocrity of their authors' ideas, which match the mediocrity of those of the general public.
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 are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
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He who leaves the game wins it.
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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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His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
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Every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own.
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There is as much expression in the feet as in the hands.
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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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Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
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Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
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