Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Quote by Nicolas De Chamfort

Topics: Actions Speak Louder Than Words Quotes, Contemplation Quotes

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the...

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the...

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed

The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are...

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are...

One must not hope to be more than one can be.

One must not hope to be more than one can be.

The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed.

The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed.

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative....

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative....

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who...

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who...

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch...

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch...

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one...

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one...

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing...

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing...

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest...

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest...

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries...

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries...

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life...

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life...

There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.