Nicolas

Famous quotes containing the word nicolas:

    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)

    Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)

    Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)