220 Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort
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If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.
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A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be.
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He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.
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Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
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Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
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A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop.
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Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
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Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.
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Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.
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