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Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: Tragedy has the great moral defect of giving too much importance to life and death.
         

Tragedy has the great moral defect of giving too much importance to life and death.


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This page presents the quote "Tragedy has the great moral defect of giving too much importance to life and death.". Author of this quote is Nicolas Chamfort. This quote is about life and death, importance, moral, too much, giving, tragedy,.