Nicolas Chamfort
French writer, journalist and political thinker noted for his biting aphorisms during the French Revolution.
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Trending topics shown first"And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead."
"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 fron…"
"There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools."
"In the world you have three sorts of friends: your friends who love you, your friends who do not care about you and your friends who hate you."
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1760
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Birth1794
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