All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.
Nicolas Chamfort.
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
“Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.”
“Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.”
“Pleasure can be supported by an illusion, but happiness rests upon truth.”
“Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste; some of them would be capable of good acting in f...”
“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”
“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”
“The past has no power over the present moment.”
“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”
“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”