Sometimes when a person sees the roguery of poor people and the thievery of people in high positions, he is tempted to regard society as a forest ful… - Nicolas Chamfort

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Sometimes when a person sees the roguery of poor people and the thievery of people in high positions, he is tempted to regard society as a forest full of robbers, the most dangerous of which are the policemen that are set up to stop the others.

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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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