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Nicolas Chamfort - An economist is a surgeon with an...
An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living. (Nicolas Chamfort)

An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.

Nicolas Chamfort

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