Author: 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

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

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

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

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

- Nicolas Chamfort

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

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

- Nicolas Chamfort

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

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

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

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

- Nicolas Chamfort

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

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

- Nicolas Chamfort

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