Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées], ch. 2 (1795) [tr. Parmée (2003), # 123] - Chamfort, Nicolas | WIST Quotations
Pleasures may be based on illusion; happiness must be based on truth. [Le plaisir peut s'appuyer sur l'illusion; mais le bonheur repose sur la vérité.] (Source (French)). Alternate translations: Pleasure may rest upon illusion, but felicity must repose upon truth. [tr. Mathers (1926), # 153] Pleasure may be be based…
