Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 06. April 1741 |
Geburtsort | Clermont-Ferrand, France |
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Beschreibung | Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, known in his adult life as Nicolas Chamfort and as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort (French: [ʃɑ̃fɔʁ]; 6 April 1741 – 13 April 1794), was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister, and of the Jacobin club. |
Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.
The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.
Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.
