Nicolas Chamfort Quote

The physical plagues and the calamities of human nature have rendered society necessary. Society has added to the evils of nature; the imperfections of society have created the necessity for government, and government adds still further to the woes of society: this is the whole history of humanity.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


The physical plagues and the calamities of human nature have rendered society necessary. Society has added to the evils of nature; the imperfections...

The physical plagues and the calamities of human nature have rendered society necessary. Society has added to the evils of nature; the imperfections...

The physical plagues and the calamities of human nature have rendered society necessary. Society has added to the evils of nature; the imperfections...

The physical plagues and the calamities of human nature have rendered society necessary. Society has added to the evils of nature; the imperfections...