Nicolas Chamfort Quote

Qualities too elevated often unfit a man for society. We don't take ingots with us to market; we take silver or small change.


Maximes et Pensées (1796) ch. 3


Qualities too elevated often unfit a man for society. We don't take ingots with us to market; we take silver or small change.

Qualities too elevated often unfit a man for society. We don't take ingots with us to market; we take silver or small change.

Qualities too elevated often unfit a man for society. We don't take ingots with us to market; we take silver or small change.

Qualities too elevated often unfit a man for society. We don't take ingots with us to market; we take silver or small change.