Nicolas

Famous quotes containing the word nicolas:

    “Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.”
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)

    “Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.”
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)

    “The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.”
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)