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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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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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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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Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain. – Gene Tierney

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People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. – Benjamin Disraeli

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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. – Abdul Kalam

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When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture. – Audre Lorde

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What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don’t want to discourage it completely. – Franklin P. Jones

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The best director is the one you dont see. – Billy Wilder

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The soul lives unstably in the body, and is capable of mysterious transformations. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, 1919

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