Chamfort
Chamfort
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, also known as Chamfort, was a French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister, and of the Jacobin club...
names doubt chance
Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.
funny hilarious laughter
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
brother my-brother
Be my brother or I will kill you.
love husband passion
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
real everyday deeds
Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.
humor independent cry
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
opportunity doors life-opportunity
Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door.
wise wisdom men
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
stupid reign public-opinion
Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns among the stupid.
funny-friend pay three
I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.
happiness opportunity mind
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 in due course, I'll be given-or not given-the opportunity of benefiting from what I've learned. In any case, I'll have enjoyed the inestimable advantage of doing things I like doing and following my own inclinations.
thinking water rose
Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?
love-is reason amusing
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
giving evil down-and
There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me.