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Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.

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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
Journalist
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Clarmont-Ferrand
Flame
Follows
Flames
Smoke
Marriage
Love

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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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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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Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.
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Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
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[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed.
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Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
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A woman is like your shadow follow her, she flies fly from her, she follows.
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There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
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Change, change,--we all covet change.
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It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.
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We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.
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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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Remorse turns us against ourselves.
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If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
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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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