Nicolas Chamfort Archive

Nicolas Chamfort – Living is a sickness to…
June 7, 2019
Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative...

Nicolas Chamfort – Society is composed of two…
June 4, 2019
Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and...

Nicolas Chamfort – It is commonly supposed that…
May 20, 2019
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the...

Nicolas Chamfort – The art of the parenthesis…
May 16, 2019
The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society...

Nicolas Chamfort – Change of fashion is the…
April 18, 2019
Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the...

Nicolas Chamfort – Swallow a toad in the…
February 23, 2019
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest...
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