People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Of all days, the day on which one has not laughed is the one most surely wasted. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
It is with happiness as with watches: the less complicated, the less easily deranged. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Tragedy has the great moral defect of giving too much importance to life and death. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
I only study the things I like; I apply my mind only to matters that interest me. They'll be useful-or useless-to me or to… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
