Nicolas Chamfort Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.”

“If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.”

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