Nicolas Chamfort vs. Samuel Johnson
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Nicolas Chamfort
1760 – 1794
Politics
France
French writer, journalist and political thinker noted for his biting aphorisms during the French Revolution.
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"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
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Samuel Johnson
1709 – 1784
Literature
Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Johnson, often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
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"Declamation roared, while Passion slept."
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