Author: 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

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

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

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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