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...
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Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.
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.
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I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.
foolish fools-and-foolishness
There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are will-dressed fools.
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There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.