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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.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
Age: 53 †
Born: 1741
Born: April 6
Died: 1794
Died: April 13
Journalist
Philosopher
Playwright
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Writer
Clarmont-Ferrand
Self
Imperfection
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Lose
Loses
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Imperfections
Cannot
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Reliance
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Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, No. To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.
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The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.
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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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The new friends whom we make after attaining a certain age and by whom we would fain replace those whom we have lost, are to our old friends what glass eyes, false teeth and wooden legs are to real eyes, natrual teeth and legs of flesh and bone.
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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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Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.
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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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Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.
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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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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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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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Man reaches each stage of his life as a novice.
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If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter: The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
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Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
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Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.
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Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
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Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.
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