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Change, change,--we all covet change.

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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
Change
Covet
Novelty

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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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Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.
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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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How many fools does it take to make up a public?
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We must start human society from scratch as Francis Bacon said, we must recreate human understanding.
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Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.
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Vivre est un maladie dont le sommeil nous soulage toutes les 16 heures. C'est un pallatif. La mort est le remede.
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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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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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Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
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Egotism is the tongue of vanity.
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Chance is a nickname for Providence.
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A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
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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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He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.
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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
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Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.
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Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?
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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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He who leaves the game wins it.
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