Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
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There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.
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We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
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My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
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The No. 1 thing I am earnestly attracted to is intelligence.
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Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.
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All the teaching I had ever received had failed to make me apply such intelligence as I was possessed of, directly and vividly: there had never been any sunshine, as regards language, in the earlier grey days of learning, for the sky had always pelted with gerunds and optatives.
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The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.
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Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it's really the same thing.
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Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
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Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.
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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
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I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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I would ask: Given the nature of free-market capitalism - where the rule is to rise to the top at all costs - is it possible to have a financial industry hero? And by the way, this is not a pop-culture trend we're talking about. There aren't many financial heroes in literature, theater or cinema.
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Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.
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Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.
