There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe.
Quotes from A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness — Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues
1715–1747 France
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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.