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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In my 20 years in football, I was fortunate enough never to have experienced relegation. And while there is the pressure of expectations at the top of the league, at the bottom it comes in fear and trepidation, which is almost worse.
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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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With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.
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It absolutely helped - to write the father in both 'Juicy' and 'Beasts,' I had to see the whole story from his point of view. All of a sudden I understood more of what my own father must be going through - the fear, the frustration, the anger... the hope that he'll leave a legacy.
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Did we not aid the grisly Taliban to achieve and hold power? Yes indeed 'we' did. Well, does that not double or triple our responsibility to remove them from power?
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I have a feeling I shall go mad. I cannot go on longer in these terrible times. I shan't recover this time. I hear voices and cannot concentrate on my work. I have fought against it but cannot fight any longer.
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Sometimes you're wrong, but if I'm a repeat customer, it means I must have valued the past experiences.
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... it is true that I do not respect human life more than I respect my own life. And if it is easy for me to kill, that is because it is difficult for me to die.
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Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.
