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 you want to be well-liked in the world, you have to let a lot of people teach you things that you....

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.

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

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.