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Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues on Saint Patrick's Day

1715–1747 France

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We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.

Reflections and Maxims (1746)

Neither the gifts nor the blows of fortune equal those of nature.

Reflections and Maxims (1746)

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.

Reflections and Maxims (1746)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.