(74 quotes found)
“A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers”
Chamfort
“The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.”
“At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.”
“Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.”
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
“When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.”
“Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.”
“There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.”
“Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.”
“The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.”
“There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.”
