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Marquis De Vauvenargues
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You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Character
#Want
#People
#Strength
#Consciousness
#Prudence
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Success
#Aspirations
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Hope
#Nothing
#Fear
#Men
Those who can bear all can dare all.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
To possess taste, one must have some soul.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Soul
#Taste
We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Weather
#Mankind
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Thought
Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Reason
#Emotions
#Mankind
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#People
#Ability
You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Time
#Value
#Fame
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Law
#Nature
#Mankind
Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#War
#Virtue
#Vice
Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#People
All grand thoughts come from the heart.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Heart
#Thoughts
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Thoughts
#Clarity
Great thoughts always come from the heart.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Heart
#Thoughts
If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#People
#Society
#Compliment
The idle always have a mind to do something.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Mind
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#People
#Men
#Merit
#Praise
One promises much, to avoid giving little.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Promises
#Giving
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Virtue
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Art
#Deception
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Spirit
#Achievement
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,
#Evil
#Men
#Ambition
#Fortune
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Marquis De Vauvenargues,