Quotes by
Vauvenargues |
1715-1747 , French author of maxims
Luc de Clapiers, marquis of Vauvenargues was a French writer , moralist and aphorist.
He has left few writings, but which have attracted considerable interest.His main work has been a moderately successful book, which grew in esteem with time, Introduction à la connaissance de l’esprit humain, suivie de réflexions et de maximes (1746; “Introduction to an Understanding of the Human Mind, Followed by Reflections and Maxims”). It consisted of the title essay and some 700 maxims, aphorisms, and reflections.
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Quotations
| • | Mercy is of greater value than justice. 8 |
| • | Those who fear men like laws. 7 |
| • | Great thoughts come from the heart. 6 |
| • | When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected. 6 |
| • | It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has made nothing equal, her sovereign law is subordination and dependence. 5 |
| • | One promises much, to avoid giving little. 5 |
| • | Those who can bear all can dare all. 5 |
| • | The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. 5 |
| • | There are many things we despise in order that we may not have to despise ourselves. 4 |
| • | In order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die. 3 |
| • | Patience is the art of hoping. 3 |
| • | The art of pleasing is the art of deception. 3 |
| • | We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather. 3 |
| • | The lazy always have in mind to do something. 3 |
| • | Nothing but courage can guide life. 3 |
| • | The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat. 3 |
| • | Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice. 2 |
| • | The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. 2 |
| • | Few maxims are true in every respect. 2 |
