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Quote by Nicolas Chamfort
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, thin

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. – Nicolas Chamfort

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When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws. – Nicolas Chamfort

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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society. – Nicolas Chamfort

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