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

Quote by Nicolas De Chamfort

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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 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.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

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 well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

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....

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

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...

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know...

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know...