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Quote by Nicolas Chamfort
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyze before we can live happily in this world. – 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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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society. – Nicolas Chamfort

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