Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life. Nicolas Chamfort More Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort More Quotes From Nicolas Chamfort His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last. Nicolas Chamfort passion lasts men One must not hope to be more than one can be. Nicolas Chamfort acceptance literature Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner. Nicolas Chamfort intelligence wisdom heart There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. Nicolas Chamfort wisdom wise men Narrow waists and narrow minds go together. Nicolas Chamfort narrow-minds mind together Egotism is the tongue of vanity. Nicolas Chamfort egotism tongue vanity Women of the world crave excitement. Nicolas Chamfort excitement crave world Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control. Nicolas Chamfort rich class needs Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. Nicolas Chamfort tests money nature Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love. Nicolas Chamfort friendship Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. Nicolas Chamfort class funny two And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note) Nicolas Chamfort suicidal suicide heart We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm. Nicolas Chamfort fire house justice Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us. Nicolas Chamfort literature fame people Change, change,--we all covet change. Nicolas Chamfort novelty Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid. Nicolas Chamfort public-opinion reign stupid Every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own. Nicolas Chamfort women lovers way Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. -- About Paris Nicolas Chamfort Conviction is the conscience of the mind. Nicolas Chamfort There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are will-dressed fools. Nicolas Chamfort