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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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Men of reason have enduredmen of passion have lived.
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His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
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All passions exaggerate and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
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He who leaves the game wins it.
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In great matters, men behave as they are expected to in little ones, as they would naturally
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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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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
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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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Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
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Women of the world crave excitement.
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Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of slaying it for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever.
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Where violence reigns, reason is weak.
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There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
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Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
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Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.
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A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.
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If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter: The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
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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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