The only thing that stops God sending a second Flood is that the first one was useless. - Nicolas Chamfort

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The only thing that stops God sending a second Flood is that the first one was useless.

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About Nicolas Chamfort

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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In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen, in small things they show themselves as they are

Peu de personnes peuvent aimer un philosophe. C'est presque un ennemi public qu'un homme qui dans les différentes prétentions des hommes, et dans le mensonge des choses, dit à chaque homme et à chaque chose: « Je ne te prends que pour ce que tu es, je ne t'apprécie que [pour] ce que tu vaux; » et ce n'est pas une petite entreprise de se faire aimer et estimer, avec l'annonce de ce ferme propos.

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