Nicolas Chamfort Life Quotations

Man reaches each stage of his life as a novice.

Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.

In living and in seeing other men, the heart must break or become as bronze.

Tragedy has the great moral defect of giving too much importance to life and death.

Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.