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Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 "Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées]," ch. 6, ¶ 359 (1795) [tr. Dusinberre (1992)] - Chamfort, Nicolas | WIST Quotations
Love, such as it exists in high society, is merely an exchange of whims and the contact of skins. [L'amour, tel qu'il existe dans la société, n'est que l'échange de deux fantaisies et le contact de deux épidermes.] (Source (French)). Alternate translations: Love as it exists in society is nothing…