“Having lots of ideas doesn't mean you're clever, any more than having lots of soldiers means you're a good general.”— Nicolas Chamfort, Reflections, #446Share
“The most completely wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed.”— Nicolas ChamfortShare
“Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.”— Nicolas ChamfortShare
“Money is the greatest concern for small characters, but is nothing but the smallest for great characters.”— Nicolas ChamfortShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
