Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

French - Writer | April 6, 1741 - April 13, 1794

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

Nicolas Chamfort

WomenWomanManEvilThinkMore

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

Nicolas Chamfort

GreatMoneySmallTestOnlyNatures

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.

Nicolas Chamfort

HappyPrideMoralsVanityPerson

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.

Nicolas Chamfort

GovernmentLaughNothingFranceWere

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

Nicolas Chamfort

WaterRoseThinkYouMade

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

Nicolas Chamfort

LoveMarriageHistoryLove IsMore

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

Nicolas Chamfort

TruthManVirtueAspireMayCannot

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

Nicolas Chamfort

NatureMeRichIndependenceSaid

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

Nicolas Chamfort

WillMoreMovementReturnAgainst

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.

Nicolas Chamfort

ArtMoreBoredFortuneSuccessful

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

Nicolas Chamfort

LoveMeFriendsLove MeAttention

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.

Nicolas Chamfort

LiveSoulWorldMustSomeBefore

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