Famous Quotes / Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues
9 Quotations by Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues
- 1. All men are born truthful, and die liars.
- 2. Great success is commoner than great abilities.
- 3. It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generou ...
- 4. Lazy people are always looking for something to do.
- 5. Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
- 6. The common excuse of those who bring misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
- 7. The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
- 8. We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
- 9. We discover in ourselves what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what we hide from ours ...