Nicolas Chamfort Quotes (10+)

Love as if you would one day hate, and hate as if you would one day love.

Pleasure that is not shared is no pleasure.

All passions are exaggerated, and they exaggerate everything.

To live in society, one must be either an anvil or a hammer.

Happiness is not easily achieved in the world; it is more difficult to find it in oneself.

Most people are born originals and die copies.

In society, one is oftener duped by the appearance of merit than by merit itself.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

Society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.