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Quote by Nicolas Chamfort
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful ai

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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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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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. – Albert Einstein

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A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways theyre capable of understanding. – Steve Prefontaine

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She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. – George Bernard Shaw

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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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