Quote of Nicolas Chamfort - Nature never said to me: Do...
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
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
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Quotes about nature:
Quotes for: wealth
Quotes about poverty:
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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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