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Nicolas de Chamfort

"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."

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"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."

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"Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands."

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"The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal."

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"The scandal's so unbelievable that I cannot repeat it here."

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"Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it."

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"We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal."

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"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."

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"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
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"Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent."
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"The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless."
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"Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life."
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"Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures."
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"The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live."
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