Famous quotes containing the word nicolas:
“Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (17411794)
“Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (17411794)
“Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (17411794)
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