Famous quotes containing the word chamfort:
“Sometimes apparent resemblances of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)
“Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)
“Society is composed of two great classes—those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)