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All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.

~Nicolas Chamfort

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Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

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It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.

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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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There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

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The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.

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There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

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People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.

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One must not hope to be more than one can be.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: April 6th, 1741

Died: April 13th, 1794

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