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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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Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.
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