Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

Sébastien-Roch Nicolas

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• Taste
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• Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

  

  Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
  • Fashion
  • Rich
  • Poor