Chamfort knew Voltaire, Diderot, Marie Antoinette and almost everyone worth knowing in late eighteenth-century France, and noted down their follies with deadly wit. This selection gathers his maxims on love, friendship, ambition and society, along with anecdotes of courtiers, wits and fools, translated by William G. Hutchison.
Pungent aphorisms that rank with La Rochefoucauld’s, ideal for dipping into. Download the free EPUB.