Nicolas Chamfort
View AuthorIn big things, men show themselves as they want to be seen. In small things, as they are.
Nicolas Chamfort
View AuthorOften love, stormy commerce, ends in bankruptcy.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
View AuthorLove is like contagious diseases, the more they are feared, the more easily they are acquired.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
View AuthorPhysical scourges and the calamities of human nature made society necessary. Society was added to the disasters of nature. The inconveniences of society made Government necessary, and Government was added to the disasters of society. This is the history of human nature.
Nicolas Chamfort
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Nicolas Chamfort
View AuthorAlmost all men are slaves, for the reason that the Spartans gave for the servitude of the Persians, for not knowing how to pronounce the syllable 'no'.
Nicolas Chamfort
View AuthorWhen one wants to be pleasant in society, it is necessary to resolve to allow many things that we know to be taught to us by people who are unaware.
Nicolas Chamfort
View AuthorThree quarters of madness are nothing but follies.
Nicolas Chamfort
View AuthorPublic opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns among the stupid.