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....

Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance....

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....

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.

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