Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth.
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Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
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A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all.
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Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.
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The last time I twerked I was with @katyperry. She was rather good at it!
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India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that enrich the lives of all citizens. India is not only the world's largest democracy; it is also a secular, pluralistic society committed to inclusive growth.
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I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.
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I'm an atheist, a devout atheist, but I find religion fascinating. Primarily because of cultural references, as in: This is what we grew up with. Both on a personal level and a collective level.
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If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?
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The capacity to be either happy or unhappy is determined by the manner in which you react to whatever happens.
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Don't second guess the mistakes you've made, others will do that for you.
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Some people appear to be more meager in talent than they are, just because the tasks they set themselves are always too great.
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Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.
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The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see.
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History teaches us that the cause of humanity is only advanced through strife. There’s no Renaissance without the Dark Ages.
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Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all men are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all men and all countries — not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of mankind as civilized.
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The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
