Quotes About Nicolas chamfort

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.

Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. -- About Paris

Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.

Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief.

Feeling creates thought, men willingly agree; but they will not so willingly agree that thought creates feeling, though this is scarcely less true.