S�bastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
France
6 Apr 1741 // 13 Apr 1794
Writer
6 Apr 1741 // 13 Apr 1794
Writer
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All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate
The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed
Society is composed of two great classes, those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners
Narrow waists and narrow minds go together
Many men and many women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not
In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned
If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet
He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread
False modesty is the most decent of all falsehoods
Egotism is the tongue of vanity
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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