There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe.
Attributed quotes — Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues
1715–1747 France
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In order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.
Attributed Queers in History (2009)
Virtue is so praiseworthy that wicked people practice it from self-interest.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Servitude debases man to a degree that leads him to love it.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Lazy people are always looking for something to do.
Attributed Queers in History (2009)
Great men undertake great things because they are great, and fools because they think them easy.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
No one wishes to be pitied on account of his errors.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
We quarrel with unfortunates to be exempted from pitying them.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
In order to do great things, we should live as though we were never to die.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
Attributed Queers in History (2009)
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
We promise much, that we may give little.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
Attributed Queers in History (2009)
Fools never understand people of wit.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Constancy is the chimera of love.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Great thoughts spring from the heart.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Truth is the sun of the intelligence.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
War is not as onerous as servitude.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
There are few things that we know well.
Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.