Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

Quote by Nicolas De Chamfort

Topics: Nicolas De Chamfort Quotes

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

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...

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?

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...