Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort

Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort (1741 - 1794), also Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort, was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister, and of the Jacobin club.

Wisdom & Quotes

• The most wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed.

- Maximes et pensees

• Love, such as it is in society, is only the exchange of two fantasies, and the contact of two bodies.

- Maximes et pensees

• Success produces success, just as money produces money.

- Maximes pensees

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