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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The success of many works is found in the relation between the mediocrity of the authors' ideas and that of the ideas of the public
The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?
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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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Essays