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
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.
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.
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.
greatness melancholy stem
There is a melancholy that stems from greatness
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.
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.
foolish fools-and-foolishness
There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are will-dressed fools.
life oneself watch
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
age man
Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
certain french-writer opinion opinions public worst
There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.