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Chamfort, Sebastien Roch Nicolas
French author, Jacobin revolutionary, and wit
killed when being arrested on orders from French Convention
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- "Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all."
- "Most of today's books have an air of having been written in one day from books read the night before."
- "All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little I still know, I've guessed."
- "The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed."
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Products of the Perfected Civilization: The Selected Writings of Chamfort (Paperback - May 8, 1984) |
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Chamfort: A Biography by Claude Arnaud (Hardcover - Jun 15, 1992) Sébastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort (1740-1794), whom Nietzsche called the "wittiest of all moralists," is now known for little more than brillian aphorisms that captivated a long line of thinkers, from... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Chamfort maxims: Anecdotes, personalities, letters, historical writings, etc by Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 1973) |
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Maximes et pensées : Caractères et anecdotes by Sébastien Roch Nicolas de Chamfort and Albert Camus (Mass Market Paperback - Jan 1, 1982) |
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Chamfort: Biographie, suivie de soixante-dix maximes, anecdotes, mots et dialogues inedits, ou jamais reedites (Les Hommes et l'histoire) by Claude Arnaud (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 1988) |
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Problemes chamfortiens: Biographie, reception, texte (Pubblicazioni della Facolta di lettere e filosofia dell'Universita di Pavia) by Didier Conejo (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 1992) |
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