Marquis De Vauvenargues Quotes
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues was a French moralist, essayist, and miscellaneous writer.
(1715 - 1747)
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Action makes more fortunes than caution.
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All men are born truthful, and die liars.
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Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
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Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
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Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
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Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
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Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.
[Motivation]
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Great thoughts always come from the heart.
[Instincts]
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He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.
[Courage]
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Hope deceives more men than cunning does.
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If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I reply: Because I have been wrong once, or oftener, I do not aspire to be always wrong.
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.
[Virtue]
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In order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.
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Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.
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Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
[Enthusiasm]
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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
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Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
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Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.
[Decisions]
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No one is more liable to make mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection.
[Instincts]
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