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Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich. – Nicolas Chamfort

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Nature never said to me: Do not be poor still less did she say: Be rich her cry to me was always: Be independent. – Nicolas Chamfort

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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. – Nicolas Chamfort

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Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. Its a palliative. The remedy is death. – Nicolas Chamfort

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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them. – John Henry Newman

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A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. – Pearl S. Buck

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One new feature or fresh take can change everything. – Neil Young

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Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. – Charles Caleb Colton

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