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Firsts Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort
- The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
- Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and…
- Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.
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