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 morning time
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
fire justice house
We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.
suicide heart suicidal
And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note)
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.
money tests preoccupation
Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
love-you love-is two
Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins....
class needs rich
Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.
stupid reign public-opinion
Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns among the stupid.
wise wisdom men
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
public-opinion opinion worst
Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
merit deference esteem
Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
acceptance
One must not hope to be more than one can be.
confidence love-you loving-yourself
If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.
funny hilarious laughter
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.