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In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned.
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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Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours it is a palliation death is the remedy.
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In living and in seeing other men, the heart must break or become as bronze.
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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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Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.
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Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.
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Pleasure can be supported by an illusion but happiness rests upon truth.
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The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
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The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.
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There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.
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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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The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.
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