Famous Quotes / Marquis de Vauvenargues
51 Quotations by Marquis de Vauvenargues
- 41. To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
- 42. To possess taste, one must have some soul.
- 43. Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
- 44. We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
- 45. We don't have enough time to pre-meditate all our actions.
- 46. We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.
- 47. When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
- 48. When an idea is too weak to support a simple statement, it is a sign that it should be rejected.
- 49. Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
- 50. You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
- 51. You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise the ...