Nicolas Chamfort

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#laughed #most #wasted #which

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

#always #between #cannot #difference #far

There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#opinion #opinions #public #public opinion #times

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#find #get #injustices #life #men

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#fools #ideas #just

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#melancholy #stems

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

— Nicolas Chamfort

#man #may #more #think #thinks

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

#attack #ever #furious #importunate #kill

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#contemplation #less #life #live #makes

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

— Nicolas Chamfort

#detest #friends #i #kinds #love