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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
Journalist
Philosopher
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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She commands who is blest with indifference.
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When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
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Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.
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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
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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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The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.
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The contact of two epidermises.
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Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.
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There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
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If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
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Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.
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Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.
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It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.
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