Quote of Nicolas Chamfort - Man arrives a novice at every...

Biography - Nicolas Chamfort:

French writer.
Born: 1740 - Died: 1794
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
France

Source: Maximes et pensées

Quote

Man arrives a novice at every age of life.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées

Translation

(French, German)

L'homme arrive novice à chaque âge de la vie.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées

Es tritt der Mensch in jedes Alter als Novize ein.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées

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Nicolas Chamfort also said...

Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées

happiness

The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées

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

society

Esteem is worth more than celebrity, respect is worth more than renown, and honor is worth more than fame.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées

value

One cannot imagine how much wit is necessary in order never to seem ridiculous.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées

mind

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.”
Nicolas Chamfort

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