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...
littles forgotten ive-learned
All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.
ifs
If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
scandal return movement
Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
art successful bored
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.
men oysters literature
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.
funny humor law
Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
kindness heart people
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.
funny reading book
Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
should-have government laughing
If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.
philosophy philosophical science
Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
morning men toads
A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.
happiness watches complicated
It is with happiness as with watches: the less complicated, the less easily deranged.
class needs rich
Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.
love-you love-is two
Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins....