S�bastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
France
6 Apr 1741 // 13 Apr 1794
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6 Apr 1741 // 13 Apr 1794
Writer
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Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness
Conviction is the conscience of the mind
Change of fashions is the tax which industry imposes on the vanity of the rich
Chance is a nickname for providence
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent
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 slaying it; for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever
Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest
A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop
Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love
Where violence reigns, reason is weak
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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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