Nicolas de Herberay

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    Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)

    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 end by eating all.
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)