Chamfort

Famous quotes containing the word chamfort:

    It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.
    —Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)

    A man without nobility cannot have kindliness; he can only have good nature.
    —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)