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Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "The sunset glow of self-possession."

The sunset glow of self-possession.



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: "There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love."

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.



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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn."

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other."

We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.



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: "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: "False modesty is the most decent of all lies."

False modesty is the most decent of all lies.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last."

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows."

A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day."

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency."

Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority"

One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority



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: "Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality."

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem."

Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "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."

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.



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: "Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of slaying it; for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever."

Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of slaying it; for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?"

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "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."

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.



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: "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: "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: "Bachelors' wives and old maids' children are always perfect."

Bachelors' wives and old maids' children are always perfect.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death."

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.



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: "And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note)"

And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note)



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history."

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.



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: "Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate."

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.



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: "Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart."

Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society"

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter: The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed."

If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter: The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France."

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful."

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.



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: "There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me."

There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me.



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

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 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: "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.



Nicolas Chamfort Quotes: "Public opinion is the worst of all opinions."

Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.