Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love. Nicolas Chamfort More Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort More Quotes From Nicolas Chamfort Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory. Nicolas Chamfort victoryweaknessmen At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing. Nicolas Chamfort sightlaughingmen In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity. Nicolas Chamfort absurditysubjects He who leaves the game wins it. Nicolas Chamfort gameswinning Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything. Nicolas Chamfort oysterseatingfirsts All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. Nicolas Chamfort exaggerationexaggeration-ispassion The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society Nicolas Chamfort literaturesecretart There is a melancholy that stems from greatness Nicolas Chamfort stemmelancholygreatness Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me. Nicolas Chamfort marriagemenson The contact of two epidermises. Nicolas Chamfort contactlovetwo Where violence reigns, reason is weak. Nicolas Chamfort reignviolencereason A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows. Nicolas Chamfort womenshadowlike-you In a country where everyone strives for attention, it is better to be bankrupt than to be nothing. Nicolas Chamfort striveattentioncountry The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine. Nicolas Chamfort colddoctorsgold Chance is a nickname for Providence. Nicolas Chamfort nicknamesprovidencechance Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence. Nicolas Chamfort absolutesstupidity Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. Nicolas Chamfort readingfunnybook Love is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it. Nicolas Chamfort epidemicsdiseaselove-is People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. Nicolas Chamfort kindnessheartpeople Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate. Nicolas Chamfort humorlawfunny
