“In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned.” KnowsWellsArtFineFine Arts Author:Nicolas Chamfort
“Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.” KnowsSelfLosesDenyImperfectionManhoodSelf RelianceRelianceTrue Man Author:Nicolas Chamfort
“All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.” KnowsLittlesStillsForgottenI've Learned Author:Nicolas Chamfort
“Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.” PeopleKnowsLiteratureKnownFameAdvantage Author:Nicolas Chamfort
“The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.” KnowsPersonsDifferencesMoralStudyPrideMoralityVanityAlways Happy Author:Nicolas Chamfort
“What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.” KnowsBookGivenResultsReflection Author:Nicolas Chamfort
