Nicolas Chamfort Short Quotes

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Chance is a nickname of Providence.

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In cities the old are more corrupt than the young.

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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.

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Anyone who has no character is not a man, but a thing.

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Despising money is like toppling a king off his throne.

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We should all be perfect if we were neither men nor women.

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Stubbornness equals character roughly as lust equals love.

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The loves of some people are but the result of good suppers.

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The only secret a woman guards inviolably is that of her age.

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Nowadays, those who love nature are accused of being romantic.

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An indiscreet man is an unsealed letter: every one can read it.

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Mothers are the only goddesses in whom the whole world believes.

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There is no sweeter repose than that which is bought with labor.

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The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.

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The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

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Prejudice, vanity, calculation: these are what govern the world.

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At every stage of life he reaches, man finds himself but a novice.

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All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions.

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There are none who are truly virtuous, but those who have combated.

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Celebrity: the advantage of being known to those who do not know us.

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Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate.

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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit, and the punishment of talent.

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Pleasure may come of illusion, but happiness can only come of reality.

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I esteem the world as much as I can, and still I esteem it but little.

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Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.

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The public! the public! How many fools does it take to make up a public?

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Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

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There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

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One can not imagine how much cleverness is necessary not to be ridiculous.

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Society would be a charming thing if we were only interested in one another.

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