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Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is. Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent. Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid. Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous. It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: A modicum of discord is the very spice of courtship. A modicum of discord is the very spice of courtship.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen, in small things they show themselves as they are In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen, in small things they show themselves as they are
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions. All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little. The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine. The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles. We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Women of the world crave excitement. Women of the world crave excitement.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known. Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Running a house should be left to innkeepers. Running a house should be left to innkeepers.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men. There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: One must not hope to be more than one can be. One must not hope to be more than one can be.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood. Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: A good number of works owe their success to the mediocrity of their authors' ideas, which match the mediocrity of those of the general public. A good number of works owe their success to the mediocrity of their authors' ideas, which match the mediocrity of those of the general public.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them. We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous. Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: A man without nobility cannot have kindliness; he can only have good nature. A man without nobility cannot have kindliness; he can only have good nature.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: [Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed. [Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Slander is the balm of malignity. Slander is the balm of malignity.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything. Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Men of reason have endured;men of passion have lived. Men of reason have endured;men of passion have lived.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead. A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth. Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem. Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence. Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others; this is true morality. To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others; this is true morality.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Thought consoles us for all, and heals all. If at times it does you ill, ask it for the remedy for that ill and it will give it to you. Thought consoles us for all, and heals all. If at times it does you ill, ask it for the remedy for that ill and it will give it to you.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it. Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Too elevated qualities often unfit a man for society. We do not go to market with ingots, but with silver and small change. Too elevated qualities often unfit a man for society. We do not go to market with ingots, but with silver and small change.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world. Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Don't you know that we must always have a place where we never go but where we think we'd be happy if we did? Don't you know that we must always have a place where we never go but where we think we'd be happy if we did?
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: She commands who is blest with indifference. She commands who is blest with indifference.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest. Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: The sunset glow of self-possession. The sunset glow of self-possession.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: It is with happiness as with watches: the less complicated, the less easily deranged. It is with happiness as with watches: the less complicated, the less easily deranged.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well? We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well?
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy. Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: We must start human society from scratch; as Francis Bacon said, we must recreate human understanding. We must start human society from scratch; as Francis Bacon said, we must recreate human understanding.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Conviction is the conscience of intellect. Conviction is the conscience of intellect.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead. [last words] And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead. [last words]
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: A day without laughter is a day wasted. A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed. There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: When you want to be well-liked in the world, you have to let a lot of people teach you things that you know and they don't. When you want to be well-liked in the world, you have to let a lot of people teach you things that you know and they don't.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly. If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind. Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Chance is a nickname for Providence. Chance is a nickname for Providence.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Happiness is not easy to find. It's very difficult to find it in yourself - and impossible to find anywhere else. Happiness is not easy to find. It's very difficult to find it in yourself - and impossible to find anywhere else.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought. An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me. I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world. It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: There is a melancholy that stems from greatness of mind. There is a melancholy that stems from greatness of mind.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Where violence reigns, reason is weak. Where violence reigns, reason is weak.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Society would be a charming affair if we were only interested in one another. Society would be a charming affair if we were only interested in one another.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me. Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: The contact of two epidermises. The contact of two epidermises.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before. The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins ... Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins ...
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm. We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: He who leaves the game wins it. He who leaves the game wins it.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Knowledge is boundless,human capacity, limited. Knowledge is boundless,
human capacity, limited.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it. Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other. We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: It is children only who enjoy the present; their elders either live on the memory of the past or the hope of the future. It is children only who enjoy the present; their elders either live on the memory of the past or the hope of the future.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list. Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness. Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us. Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market. It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible. Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be. A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors. Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: What we love intensely or for a long time we are likely to bring within the citadel, and to assert as part of oneself. What we love intensely or for a long time we are likely to bring within the citadel, and to assert as part of oneself.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Egotism is the tongue of vanity. Egotism is the tongue of vanity.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking. Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own. Every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Be my brother or I will kill you. Be my brother or I will kill you.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop. A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure. A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Bachelors' wives and old maids' children are always perfect. Bachelors' wives and old maids' children are always perfect.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: If we would please in society, we must be prepared to be taught many things we know already by people who do not know them. If we would please in society, we must be prepared to be taught many things we know already by people who do not know them.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency. Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity. In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Having lots of ideas doesn't mean you're clever, any more than having lots of soldiers means you're a good general. Having lots of ideas doesn't mean you're clever, any more than having lots of soldiers means you're a good general.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate. Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Of lies, false modesty is the most decent. Of lies, false modesty is the most decent.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Narrow waists and narrow minds go together. Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.
Nicolas Chamfort quotes: Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality. Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.

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