There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

Quote by Nicolas De Chamfort

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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....

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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

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.

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

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

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...

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...