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Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort

Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, also known as Chamfort was a French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister, and of the Jacobin club.


“A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.”
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“All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.”
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“There is a melancholy that stems from greatness of mind.”
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“If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.”
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