Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes

Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind.

Sébastien-Roch Nicolas

• Mankind
• Forty
• Misanthrope

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• Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind.

  

  Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
  • Mankind
  • Forty
  • Misanthrope