Nicolas Chamfort Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

“Conviction is the conscience of the mind.”

“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.”

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

“There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.”

“There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.”

“Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.”

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

“There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.”