Quotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

Success produces success just as money produces money.

All passions exaggerate; it is because they do that they are passions.

The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.

One must not hope to be more than one can be.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

When you want to be well-liked in the world, you have to let a lot of people teach you things that you know and they don't.

Ce que j'ai appris, je l'ai oublié ; ce que je sais, je l'ai inventé.

Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking

Quand on veut plaire dans le monde, il faut se résoudre à se laisser apprendre beaucoup de choses qu'on sait par des gens qui les ignorent.