There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

—Nicolas Chamfort

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About Nicolas Chamfort

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Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, known in his adult life as Nicolas Chamfort and as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort (French: [ʃɑ̃fɔʁ]; 6 April 1741 – 13 April 1794), was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister Madame Élisabeth, and of the Jacobin club.

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Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

—Nicolas Chamfort

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

—Nicolas Chamfort

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

—Nicolas Chamfort

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

—Nicolas Chamfort

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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

—Mahatma Gandhi

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I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated. It operates in spite of the warrior's indulgence. Intent is what makes him invulnerable. Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.

—Carlos Castaneda

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I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days, and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are, the signposts are there, waiting for us to translate them.

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He was just like summer, and she loved summer. If she had any wish, it would be to live a lifetime of summers.

—Anna Godbersen in Bright Young Things

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