Vauvenargues Quotes
1715 – 1747
French moralist, author of "Reflections and Maxims" (1746).
22 quotesAbout Vauvenargues on Wikipedia
“Those who continually slander, rarely do injury: they imagine more evil than they can accomplish.”
“Great minds naturally love whatever is worthy of their esteem.”
“The moderation of great men only sets a limit to their vices.”
“To accomplish great things we must live as though we had never to die.”
“The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.”
“Young people suffer less from their faults than from the prudence of the old.”
“We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults.”
“He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.”
“It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.”
“Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.”
“There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.”
