Nicolas ChamfortA collection of 14 posts

Society

Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appeti...

Nature

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor still less did she say: Be rich her cry ...

Nature

When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other it seems to ...

Morning

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the...

Money

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures but only a small te...

Hope

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

History

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amu...

Government

If it were not for the government we should have nothing to laugh at in France.

Death

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It'...

Change

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of...