Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
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When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
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We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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If you're having a down time at school and people are bullying you, they don't know you. They don't have the right to have an opinion on you.
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You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid.
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Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.
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The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion. It still provides the essential escape valve without which the slow build-up of pressures would have long since resulted in catastrophic explosion.
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Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
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The media are using a national treasure-that's what the public airwaves are. And they have a responsibility to bring out the full diversity of opinion or lose their licenses.
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The main reason there are no raw devices in Linux is that I personally think that raw devices are a stupid idea.
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It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty.
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It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.
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Such, in my opinion, is the true Gospel concerning Wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the Rich and the Poor, and to bring 'Peace on earth, among men Good Will.'
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Noah walked with God; he didn't only preach righteousness, he acted it. He went through water and didn't melt. He breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day, scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation.
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Well if you were asking my personal opinion on that I think the answer can only be yes but it was missed. Much as I know I'm responsible for a lot of things, I can't wear any responsibility for that.
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For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt.
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Tell the innocent visitor from another world that two people were killed at Serajevo, and that the best that Europe could do about it was to kill eleven million more.
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Realized that on his lips was a mute laugh that I had never seen before. It became him, the expression of a sympathetic man who wishes to show that he knows what’s what.
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Furthermore I will just have to see what the future will bring me. But a change of food whets the appetite.
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We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples?
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Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
