Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

Nicolas Chamfort

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 6, 1741 - April 13, 1794

Topics

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What you see is what you get. I'm the real deal. That's why I can step into the ring after having many months off and not have any rust. I'm still working out, stretching.

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I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic.

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You cry the first tear because something is genuinely, singularly upsetting. And you cry the second tear because everybody is crying that first tear with you, and you know that.

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Design and branding are inextricably linked to the way in which society, culture, the environment, and business interact.

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