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There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

~Nicolas Chamfort

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Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

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The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

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There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

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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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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

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Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

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Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

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The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

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Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: April 6th, 1741

Died: April 13th, 1794

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