We must know how to perform the foolishness our characters … - Nicolas Chamfort

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We must know how to perform the foolishness our characters require.

Nicolas Chamfort

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Nicolas Chamfort (6 April 1741 – 13 April 1794), born Nicolas-Sébastien Roch, was a French writer.

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Alternative Names: Nicolas de Chamfort • Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort • Chamfort • Sébastien-Roch Nicolas

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We ought to be able to combine opposites: the love of goodness with indifference to other people's opinions, a liking for work with indifference to fame, concern for our health with indifference to life.

Anyone who has no character is not a man, but a thing.

Il est malheureux pour les hommes, heureux peut-être pour les tyrans, que les pauvres, les malheureux, n'aient pas l'instinct ou la fierté de l'éléphant qui ne se reproduit point dans la servitude.

We must know how to perform the foolishness our characters require. - Nicolas Chamfort

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