The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. – Nicolas Chamfort
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. – Nicolas Chamfort
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyze before we can live happily in this world. – Nicolas Chamfort
Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. Its a palliative. The remedy is death. – Nicolas Chamfort