“Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.”

About Nicolas Chamfort

1741 – 1794

French writer known for his maxims and epigrams.

“The most completely wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed.”

“Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.”

“Money is the greatest concern for small characters, but is nothing but the smallest for great characters.”

“Why, what is weeping and sighing? A judgement. What is misfortune? A judgement.”

“Remember that all is opinion.”

“The universe is flux, life is opinion.”

“He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.”

“Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age.”

“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.”