Our Friends Vauvenargues Quotes
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~ Vauvenargues Quote
Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
When an idea is too weak to support a simple statement, it is a sign that it should be rejected.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
We should expect the best and the worst from mankind, as from the weather.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
~ Vauvenargues Quote
Action makes more fortunes than caution.
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