
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.