220 Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort

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    The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.

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    Vivre est un maladie dont le sommeil nous soulage toutes les 16 heures. C'est un pallatif. La mort est le remede.

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    Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner.

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    Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

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    It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.

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