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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.

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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
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Playwright
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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