The Cynics Breviary Maxims And Anecdotes From Nicolas De Chamfort
The Cynics Breviary Maxims And Anecdotes From Nicolas De Chamfort
Sbastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort
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The brilliancy of the reign of Louis XIV. Has to an incredible extent multiplied the number of those who think thus. According to them the crowning glory of all human society is to have fine tra- gedies, fine comedies and other works of art. There are those who willingly forgive all the evil wrought by priests, since without the priests we should not have had the comedy of Tartuffe. WHAT is a cardinal ? He is a priest clad in scarlet, who receives a hundred thousand crowns 44 THE CYNIC S BREVIA...RY from the king, to flout him in the name of the pope. SOCIETY is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. CHANGE in fashion is the tax which the indus- try of the poor levies on the vanity of the rich. IT is an incontestable fact that there are in France seven million folk who beg for alms, and another twelve millions who are too poor to give them. THE nobility, say the nobles, is an inter- mediary between the king and the people.
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