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
philosophy philosophical science
Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
should-have government laughing
If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.
funny reading book
Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
kindness heart people
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.
funny humor law
Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
art successful bored
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.
scandal return movement
Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
ifs
If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
littles forgotten ive-learned
All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.
morning men toads
A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.
happiness watches complicated
It is with happiness as with watches: the less complicated, the less easily deranged.
turns remorse
Remorse turns us against ourselves.
love men trying
A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
doe fool
How many fools does it take to make up a public?