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

Quote by Nicolas De Chamfort

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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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

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

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

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.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be...

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be...

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

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

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

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....

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention...

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention...

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

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

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 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

You'd be surprised how much fun you can have sober. When you get the hang...

You'd be surprised how much fun you can have sober. When you get the hang...

Remember to play after every storm.

Remember to play after every storm.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to...

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to...