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Marquis De Vauvenargues Quotes
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Year of Birth: 1715 Year of Death: 1747 Find on Amazon: Marquis De Vauvenargues |
All grand thoughts come from the heart.
Marquis De Vauvenargues Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts. Marquis De Vauvenargues Emotions have taught mankind to reason. Marquis De Vauvenargues Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers. Marquis De Vauvenargues Great thoughts always come from the heart. Marquis De Vauvenargues If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. Marquis De Vauvenargues Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something. Marquis De Vauvenargues 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. Marquis De Vauvenargues One promises much, to avoid giving little. Marquis De Vauvenargues Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. Marquis De Vauvenargues The art of pleasing is the art of deception. Marquis 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. Marquis De Vauvenargues The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. Marquis De Vauvenargues The idle always have a mind to do something. Marquis De Vauvenargues The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature. Marquis De Vauvenargues The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. Marquis De Vauvenargues The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. Marquis De Vauvenargues There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do. Marquis De Vauvenargues Those who can bear all can dare all. Marquis De Vauvenargues To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die. Marquis De Vauvenargues To possess taste, one must have some soul. Marquis De Vauvenargues Vice stirs up war, virtue fights. Marquis De Vauvenargues We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather. Marquis De Vauvenargues When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected. Marquis De Vauvenargues Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. Marquis De Vauvenargues You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time. Marquis De Vauvenargues You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character. Marquis De Vauvenargues |
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