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
days wasted
The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
wasted
The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed.
french-writer laughed surely
Of all days, the day on which one has not laughed is the one most surely wasted.
love life friendship
There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.
mistake believe intelligent
Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.
soul world this-world
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.
generosity needs ruffles
We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.
adversity men two
There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.
love-is reason amusing
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
death sleep literature
Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.
love husband passion
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
marriage son men
Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me.
love two contact
The contact of two epidermises.
failure intelligent energy
A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.