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...
men lists add
Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.
winning games
He who leaves the game wins it.
oysters firsts eating
Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.
passion exaggeration-is exaggeration
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
freedom knowledge men
Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.
art secret eloquence
The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society
greatness melancholy stem
There is a melancholy that stems from greatness
secret taught secrecy
Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.
doe fool
How many fools does it take to make up a public?
opinion dare prudence
It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.
long forever oneself
What we love intensely or for a long time we are likely to bring within the citadel, and to assert as part of oneself.
life heart men
In living and in seeing other men, the heart must break or become as bronze.
book giving majority
The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.
Vivre est un maladie dont le sommeil nous soulage toutes les 16 heures. C'est un pallatif. La mort est le remede.