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Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours it is a palliation death is the remedy.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
Journalist
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Clarmont-Ferrand
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Malady
Sixteen
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Sleep
Hours
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