Quote of Nicolas Chamfort - Passion makes a man live; wisdom...
Biography - Nicolas Chamfort:
French writer.
Born: 1740 - Died: 1794
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1740 - Died: 1794
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
Passion makes a man live; wisdom only makes him last!
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(French, German)
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Quotes for: to live
To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
Quotes about wisdom:
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Quotes about passion:
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
Nicolas Chamfort also said...
Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.
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