Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Quote by Chamfort

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

Society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite, and...

Society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite, and...

Passions make men live, knowledge merely makes them last

Passions make men live, knowledge merely makes them last

A woman is like your shadow - follow her, she flies; fly from her, she...

A woman is like your shadow - follow her, she flies; fly from her, she...

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing...

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing...

Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.

Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day.

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

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

Chance is a nickname of Providence

Chance is a nickname of Providence

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test...

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test...

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

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

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas any more than...

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas any more than...

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must...

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish...

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the...

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the...