Sebastien Chamfort Quote – “Nature has not said to me…”

Nature has not said to me, “Be not poor,” still less, “Be rich.” She calls out to me, “Be independent!” Sebastien Chamfort (circa 1741 – 1794)

Living Book, Sebastien Chamfort (circa 1741 – 1794), The Sacred

Sebastien Chamfort Quote – “Pleasure can be supported by illusion…”

Pleasure can be supported by illusion, while happiness rests upon truth. Sebastien Chamfort (circa 1741 – 1794)

Living Book, Sebastien Chamfort (circa 1741 – 1794), The Search

Sebastien Chamfort Quote – “Nearly all men are slaves…”

Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians — the inability to pronounce the word “No.” To be able to speak that word and to live alone, are the only two means to preserve one’s freedom and one’s character. Sebastien Chamfort (circa 1741 – 1794)

Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when every one has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight in order to avoid this? Or are you not terrified by it? I have seen men in real life who so long deceived others that at last their true nature could not reveal itself… In every man there is something which to a certain degree prevents him from becoming perfectly transparent to himself; and this may be the case in so high a degree, he may be so inexplicably woven into relationships of life which extend far beyond himself that he almost cannot reveal himself. But he who cannot reveal himself cannot love, and he who cannot love is the most unhappy man of all.

Soren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855)

Sebastien Chamfort (circa 1741 – 1794)

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