Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.
Nicolas ChamfortMost books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.
Nicolas ChamfortNearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.
Nicolas ChamfortIt is when their age of passions is past that great men produce their masterpieces, just as it is after volcanic eruptions that the soil is most fertile.
Nicolas Chamfort