Nicolas Chamfort
Writer
1741-04-06
Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort
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Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
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All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.
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Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
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All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.
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Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
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There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.
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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
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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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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.
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The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.
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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
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Swallow a toad every morning to be sure of encountering nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
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In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally
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What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.
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What is responsible for the success of many works is the rapport between the mediocrity of the authors ideas and the mediocrity of the publics.
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Most of today's books have an air of having been written in one day from books read the night before.
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Chance is a nickname for Providence.
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Of all the days, the day on which one has not laughed is surely the most wasted.
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Celebrity: the advantage of being known by those who don't know you.
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Our kindred first.
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