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

Nicolas Chamfort

Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

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

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When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws. Nicolas Chamfort

Nature, Parents, Passion

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

God, Flood, Useless

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, Most, Wasted

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

Worth, Real, Everyday

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

Happy, Pride, Know

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

Love, Marriage, History

Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. Nicolas Chamfort

Great, Society, Two

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

Opinion, Opinions, Worst

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

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

Ideas, Fools, Foolish

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

Today, Day, Most

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

Change, Fashion, Tax

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

Art, Society, Greatest

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, Friends, Me

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

Soul, World, Live

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

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

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

Hope, More, Must

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

Morning, Day, You

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

Life, Live, Think

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

Life, Live, Think

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness. Nicolas Chamfort

Greatness, Melancholy, Stems

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

Kindness, Heart, People

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

Love, People, Wish

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

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

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