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[Wikipedia] Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues was a French writer and 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,

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• We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence. Approval
• Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived. Become Useless
• Habit is everything, even in love. Everything Even
• The maxims of men reveal their characters. Character
• The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat. Advice
• Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm. Enthusiasm
• Lazy people always intend to start doing something. Inspirational
• The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter. Advice
• In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long. All
• All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression. Accord
• We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults. Cannot Cure
• Magnanimity will not consider the prudence of its motives. Consider
• Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether… Altogether
• The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions. Eye
• It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately. Great
• Reason deceives us more often than does nature. Deceives
• The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good. Good
• Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it. Debases
• We must expect everything and fear everything from time and from men. Expect
• Vice foments war; it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever. Actually Fights
• The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old. Cautiousness
• We ought never to be afraid to repeat an ancient truth, when we feel that we can make it more striking by a neater turn,… Able
• The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little. Fool
• Consciousness of our strength increases it. Consciousness
• The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love. Body

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