Nicolas Chamfort
Nicolas 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...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 April 1741
CountryFrance
mind together narrow-minds
Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.
stupidity absolutes
Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.
ideas able majority
One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority