Quotes by Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no att >>

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read >>

Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem. >>

Quotations about Tact and Tactfulness

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. >>

It is tact that is golden, not silence. >>

Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. B >>

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De