All Nicolas Chamfort Quotes
- Of lies, false modesty is the most decent. Decent
- Where violence reigns, reason is weak. Reason
- It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he… Appreciate
- Success makes success, like money makes money. Inspirational
- In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity. Absurdity
- At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing. Amused
- The sunset glow of self-possession. Glow
- Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of… Best
- The poor are the blacks of Europe. Blacks
- Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world. Armor
- Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door. Door
- Satire is the disease of art. Art
- We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them. Consider
- Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory. Gains
- A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows. Flies
- If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly. Brilliantly
- All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed. All
- A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead. Ahead
- Public opinion is the worst of all opinions. All
- 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 others… Advantage
- It is with happiness as with watches: the less complicated, the less easily deranged. Complicated
- Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent. Cry
- If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor. Confidence
- One must not hope to be more than one can be. Acceptance
- There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men. Adversity