Nicolas Chamfort Quote

The new friends whom we make after attaining a certain age and by whom we would fain replace those whom we have lost, are to our old friends what glass eyes, false teeth and wooden legs are to real eyes, natrual teeth and legs of flesh and bone.


The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort (ed. 1902)


The new friends whom we make after attaining a certain age and by whom we would fain replace those whom we have lost, are to our old friends what...

The new friends whom we make after attaining a certain age and by whom we would fain replace those whom we have lost, are to our old friends what...

The new friends whom we make after attaining a certain age and by whom we would fain replace those whom we have lost, are to our old friends what...

The new friends whom we make after attaining a certain age and by whom we would fain replace those whom we have lost, are to our old friends what...