Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
Quotes to Explore
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I'm still driven by the feeling I had when I wrote my first book or read a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle adventure.
Kate Klise
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Childhood is precious... Hardest part of growing up? Is growing up, I think.
Carly Fiorina
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Tell Père Tanguy to send me some paints. What I need most are ten tubes of white, two of chrome yellow, one bright red, one brown lac, one ultramarine, five Veronese green, one cobalt j I have on hand only one tube of white ... I expect to begin to paint again from nature, and I need the colors.
Camille Pissarro
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From old Belerium to the northern main.
Alexander Pope
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It is not our policy to suppress success.
Margaret Thatcher
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In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
Eberhard Weber
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Achieving the state of SABLE is not, as many people who live with these knitters believe, a reason to stop buying yarn, but for the knitter it is an indication to write a will, bequeathing the stash to an appropriate heir.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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I had disagreements with all my neighbors about my dogs. I had a disagreement with myself about my dogs. They were noisy.
John McAfee
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We are deceiving ourselves if we believe that a literary work written and published in a country where 70 per cent of the population is illiterate, can change the political and social life of the country..it is up to political organization..and not to romantic literature.. to change the present situation.
Zakaria Tamer
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I do think it's very important, if you're going to spend the rest of your life with somebody, to know that you really like them. Because when the pheromones wear off, which of course they will, you have to have a strong basis.
Joan Collins
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Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
