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Running a house should be left to innkeepers.

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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
Journalist
Philosopher
Playwright
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
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Vivre est un maladie dont le sommeil nous soulage toutes les 16 heures. C'est un pallatif. La mort est le remede.
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What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.
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She commands who is blest with indifference.
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Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.
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Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
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