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Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort

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Passions make a man live, wisdom only makes him last.

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort

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The woman is like a shadow: if you flee, she follows; if you follow, she flees.

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort

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The richest of all men is the thrifty; the poorest, the miser.

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort

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The only thing that prevents God from sending a second flood is that the first one was useless.

Nicolas Chamfort

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He who has no character is not a man: he is a thing.

Nicolas Chamfort

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There are also elegant nonsense just as there are well-dressed fools.

Nicolas Chamfort

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The change of fashion is the tax that the industry of the poor imposes on the vanity of the rich.

Nicolas Chamfort

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Public opinion has been the worst of opinions for centuries.

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort

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In big things, men show themselves as they want to be seen. In small things, as they are.

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort

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Often love, stormy commerce, ends in bankruptcy.

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort

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Love is more pleasing than marriage, because novels are more pleasing than history.