Quote of Nicolas Chamfort - When a man and a woman...
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
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
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Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.
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