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Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.
— Luc De Clapiers
We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.
— Luc De Clapiers
Neither the gifts nor the blows of fortune equal those of nature.
— Luc De Clapiers
As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
— Luc De Clapiers
A man can hardly be said to have made a fortune if he does not know how to enjoy it.
— Luc De Clapiers
He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.
— Luc De Clapiers
Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
— Luc De Clapiers
The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
— Luc De Clapiers
To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.
— Luc De Clapiers
Despair exaggerates not only our misery but also our weakness.
— Luc De Clapiers
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
— Luc De Clapiers
We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.
— Luc De Clapiers
No one likes to be pitied for his faults.
— Luc De Clapiers
The light of the dawn is not so sweet as the first glimpses of fame.
— Luc De Clapiers
We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.
— Luc De Clapiers
The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.
— Luc De Clapiers
If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I shall reply; I have been wrong once or more often, however I do not aspire to be always wrong.
— Luc De Clapiers
The idle always have a mind to do something.
— Luc De Clapiers
Great thoughts come from the heart
— Luc De Clapiers De Vauvenargues
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
— Luc De Clapiers
Nothing endures except truth.
— Luc De Clapiers
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
— Luc De Clapiers
Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.
— Luc De Clapiers
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
— Luc De Clapiers
More are taken in by love than by cunning.
— Luc De Clapiers De Vauvenargues
Some authors regard morality in the same light as we regard modern architecture. Convenience is the first thing to be looked for.
— Luc De Clapiers
We are very wrong to think that some fault or other can exclude virtue, or to consider the alliance of good and evil as a monstrosity or an enigma.
— Luc De Clapiers
All men are born truthful and die liars.
— Luc De Clapiers
To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.
— Luc De Clapiers De Vauvenargues
One can not be just if one is not humane.
— Luc De Clapiers
It is sometimes easier to form a party than to attain by degrees the head of a party already formed.
— Luc De Clapiers
The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.
— Luc De Clapiers
It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately.
— Luc De Clapiers
We have neither the strength nor the opportunity to accomplish all the good and all the evil which we design.
— Luc De Clapiers
It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
— Luc De Clapiers
As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.
— Luc De Clapiers
Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.
— Luc De Clapiers
Prosperity makes few friends.
— Luc De Clapiers
When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him
— Luc De Clapiers
What we call a brilliant thought is usually just a captivating expression which, with the help of a little truth, imposes a surprising error on us.
— Luc De Clapiers De Vauvenargues
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
— Luc De Clapiers
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
— Luc De Clapiers
And where, on earth, dwell hope and truth? In childhood's uncorrupted heart; Alas! too soon to guileless youth The world doth its dark code impart!
— Luc De Clapiers
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
— Luc De Clapiers
Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
— Luc De Clapiers
If our friends do us a service, we think they owe it to us by their title of friend. We never think that they do not owe us their friendship.
— Luc De Clapiers
The best things are the most common.
— Luc De Clapiers
Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
— Luc De Clapiers
Habit is everything, even in love.
— Luc De Clapiers
If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
— Luc De Clapiers
Give help rather than advice.
— Luc De Clapiers
The conscience of the dying belies their life.
— Luc De Clapiers
The tempests of youth are mingled with days of brilliant sunshine.
— Luc De Clapiers
Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
— Luc De Clapiers
We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.
— Luc De Clapiers
It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.
— Luc De Clapiers
Magnanimity will not consider the prudence of its motives.
— Luc De Clapiers
We don't have enough time to premeditate our actions.
— Luc De Clapiers
There are men who are happy without knowing it.
— Luc De Clapiers
All grand thoughts come from the heart.
— Luc De Clapiers
Necessity embitters the evils which it cannot cure.
— Luc De Clapiers
Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
— Luc De Clapiers
Despair is the greatest of our errors.
— Luc De Clapiers
It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
— Luc De Clapiers
Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.
— Luc De Clapiers
Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.
— Luc De Clapiers
Consciousness of our strength increases it.
— Luc De Clapiers
Constancy is the chimera of love.
— Luc De Clapiers
You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.
— Luc De Clapiers
Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they know it.
— Luc De Clapiers
Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
— Luc De Clapiers
It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
— Luc De Clapiers
Lazy people always intend to start doing something.
— Luc De Clapiers
Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies.
— Luc De Clapiers
When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.
— Luc De Clapiers
Commerce is the school of cheating.
— Luc De Clapiers
We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.
— Luc De Clapiers
The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.
— Luc De Clapiers
Those who fear men like laws.
— Luc De Clapiers
The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
— Luc De Clapiers
The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
— Luc De Clapiers
Courage is adversity's lamp.
— Luc De Clapiers
Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
— Luc De Clapiers
The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.
— Luc De Clapiers
Necessity moderates more troubles than reason.
— Luc De Clapiers
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.
— Luc De Clapiers
We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves ...
— Luc De Clapiers
We must not be timid from a fear of committing faults: the greatest fault of all is to deprive oneself of experience.
— Luc De Clapiers
Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
— Luc De Clapiers
Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
— Luc De Clapiers
Patience is the art of hoping.
— Luc De Clapiers
All that is unfair, offends us if it's not beneficial for us
— Luc De Clapiers
Activity makes more men's fortunes than cautiousness.
— Luc De Clapiers