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We must start human society from scratch as Francis Bacon said, we must recreate human understanding.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others this is true morality.
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Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours it is a palliation death is the remedy.
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Change, change,--we all covet change.
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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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Pleasure can be supported by an illusion but happiness rests upon truth.
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Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.
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Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
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