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

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

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

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

Rest, Will, Swallow

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

First One, The Only Thing

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

Think, More, Miserable

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

Sure, Which, Otherwise

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

Some, Which, Admitted

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

Most, Wasted, Which

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. Nicolas Chamfort

Only, Exaggerate, Because

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

Independence, Always, Still

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

Ideas, Fools, Foolish

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

Love, Reason, Same

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

Deeds, Form, Interpreter

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate. Nicolas Chamfort

Things, Some, Than

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

Will, Used, Damages

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity. Nicolas Chamfort

Study, Always, Advanced

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

Opinions, Public, Times

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

Art, Society, Eloquence

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

Man, His, Novice

Conviction is the conscience of the mind. Nicolas Chamfort

Mind, Conscience, Conviction

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness. Nicolas Chamfort

Greatness, Melancholy, Stems

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

More, Than, Must

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

Celebrity, Famous, Known

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more. Nicolas Chamfort

Woman, Think, May

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

Love, Wish, More People

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth. Nicolas Chamfort

Truth, May, Aspire

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

Think, More, Miserable

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

Cherries, Like, Oysters

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