Luc de Clapiers

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Luc de Clapiers

Born: August 6, 1715

Died: May 28, 1747

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Biography: Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues was a minor French writer, a moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior anonymously a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend. He first received public notice under his own name in 1797, and from 1857 on, his aphorisms became popular.

Luc de Clapiers

“All grand thoughts come from the heart.”

- Luc de Clapiers

Source/Notes: In French: "Les grandes pensées viennent du coeur." From: Maxim 127 in Réflexions et maximes ("Reflections and Maxims") (1746)
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“Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.”

- Luc de Clapiers

Source/Notes: In French: "La clarté orne les pensées profondes." From: Maxim 4 in Réflexions et maximes ("Reflections and Maxims") (1746)
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“Emotions have taught mankind to reason.”

- Luc de Clapiers

Source/Notes: In French: "Les passions ont appris aux hommes la raison." From: Maxim 154 in Réflexions et maximes ("Reflections and Maxims") (1746)
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“Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.”

- Luc de Clapiers

Source/Notes: In French: "Tous les hommes naissent sincères et meurent trompeurs." From: Maxim 4 in Réflexions et maximes ("Reflections and Maxims") (1746)
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Luc de Clapiers

“Great thoughts come from the heart.”

- Luc de Clapiers

Source/Notes: In French: "Les grandes pensées viennent du coeur." From: Maxim 127 in Réflexions et maximes ("Reflections and Maxims") (1746)
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“If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.”

- Luc de Clapiers

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“Indolence is the sleep of the mind.”

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“It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.”

- Luc de Clapiers

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“Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.”

- Luc de Clapiers

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“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.”

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“Obscurity is the realm of error.”

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“One can not be just if one is not humane.”

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“One promises much, to avoid giving little.”

- Luc de Clapiers

Source/Notes: In French: "On promet beaucoup pour se dispenser de donner peu." From: Maxim 445 in Réflexions et maximes ("Reflections and Maxims") (1746)
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“Patience is the art of hoping.”

- Luc de Clapiers

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