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Quote by Nicolas Chamfort
If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. – 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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