Quotes by : Nicolas Chamfort

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion, but happiness rests upon truth.

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

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune but the....

When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such....

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

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.

Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.