Quote by Nicolas Chamfort
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novel

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. – 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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Art
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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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I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course. – Jeremy Rifkin

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History

Most history is guessing, and the rest is prejudice. – Will and Ariel Durant, Our Oriental Heritage

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History

Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We dont need to look far and wide to find examples of gluttonous behavior, as they are numerous throughout the history of capitalism. – Simon Mainwaring

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History is not a pattern-book of fossilized ideologies. – Frederick Maurice Powicke, Three Lectures

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Advertising is the principal reason why the business person has come to inherit the earth. – James R. Adams

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My ideal is to wake up in the morning and run around the meadow naked. – Daryl Hannah

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Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesnt get done. – Arlie Russell Hochschild

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