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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
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The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.
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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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Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
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Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.
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We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.
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If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
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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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Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.
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Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists.
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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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There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
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The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.
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An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought.
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Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
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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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Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
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He who leaves the game wins it.
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All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions.
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Pleasure can be supported by an illusion but happiness rests upon truth.
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If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.
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