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To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
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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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If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.
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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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And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note)
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