Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

French - Writer April 6, 1741 - April 13, 1794

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. Nicolas Chamfort

God, Flood, First, Useless, Only, Thing

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

Art, Society, Secrets, Greatest

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools. Nicolas Chamfort

Ideas, Fools, Foolish, Just

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

Morning, Day, Rest, You, Will, More

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Nicolas Chamfort

Life, Live, Think, Stop, Miserable, More

There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions. Nicolas Chamfort

Opinion, Opinions, Worst, Public Opinion

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness. Nicolas Chamfort

Greatness, Melancholy, Stems

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. - Nicolas Chamfort

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. Nicolas Chamfort

Day, Wasted, Most, Which, Laughed

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

Will, Movement, More, Attack, Return

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

Live, Soul, World, Some, Must, Parts

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. Nicolas Chamfort

Life, Live, Think, More, Watch, Act

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life. Nicolas Chamfort

Life, Age, Man, Novice, Each, His

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

Love, Marriage, History, Love Is, More

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me. Nicolas Chamfort

Love, Me, Friends, Love Me, Three, Pay

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

Best, Men, End, Eating, Choose, First

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. Nicolas Chamfort

Good, Medicine, Philosophy, Like, Cures

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

Death, Sleep, Sickness, Living, Hours

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. Nicolas Chamfort

Money, Great, Small, Test, Only, Natures

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

Life, Time, Men, Find, Will, Two

People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. Nicolas Chamfort

Kindness, Heart, People, Chess, Head

One must not hope to be more than one can be. Nicolas Chamfort

Hope, More, Must, Than

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

Love, People, Loved, Wish, More, To Love

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us. Nicolas Chamfort

People, Famous, Know, Celebrity, Us, Who

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. Nicolas Chamfort

Today, Day, Been, Most, Books, Read

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem. Nicolas Chamfort

Worth, Everyday, Real, Deeds, Form

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich. Nicolas Chamfort

Change, Fashion, Rich, Vanity, Poor, Tax

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