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# Joseph Chenier

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Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier was a French poet, dramatist and politician of French and Greek origin. Active in the years leading up to and during the French Revolution, he was a fierce critic of the French monarchy and his plays were widely performed during the First Republic era.

##  Quotes by Joseph Chenier

> [Taste is nothing but a delicate good sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chenier/taste-is-nothing-but-a-delicate-good-sense/)

[Joseph Chenier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-chenier/)

[Delicate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delicate/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/joseph-chenier-69189_delicate_taste-is-nothing-but-a-delicate-good-sen_433022.png)

> [Wit resembles a coquette; those who the most eagerly run after it are the least favored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chenier/wit-resembles-a-coquette-those-who-the-most-eagerly-run-after-it-are/)

[Joseph Chenier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-chenier/)

[Coquette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coquette/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/joseph-chenier-69189_coquette_wit-resembles-a-coquette-those-who-the-m_786884.png)

> [What is virtue? Reason in practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chenier/what-is-virtue-reason-in-practice/)

[Joseph Chenier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-chenier/)

[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/joseph-chenier-69189_character_what-is-virtue-reason-in-practice-108942_1089420.png)

> [Good sense is at the bottom of everything: virtue, genius, wit, talent and taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-chenier/good-sense-is-at-the-bottom-of-everything-virtue-genius-wit-talent/)

[Joseph Chenier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-chenier/)

[Bottom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bottom/)

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