Quote of Nicolas Chamfort - Society is composed of two great...
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
Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
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Quotes for: society
Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Article V – The law has the right to forbid only actions harmful to society. Anything which is not forbidden by the law cannot be impeded, and no one can be constrained to do what it does not order.
Article XV – The society has the right of requesting account from any public agent of its administration.
Article XVI – Any society in which the guarantee of rights is not assured, nor the separation of powers determined, has no Constitution.
when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
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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