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
funny humor law
Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
funny reading book
Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
funny class two
Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
funny morning time
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
funny hilarious laughter
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
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.
french-writer laughed surely
Of all days, the day on which one has not laughed is the one most surely wasted.
failure intelligent energy
A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.
death sleep literature
Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.
foolish fools-and-foolishness
There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are will-dressed fools.
appetite composed dinners great society
Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
certain french-writer opinion opinions public worst
There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
age man
Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
life oneself watch
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.