Vauvenargues Quotes

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.

There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself I reply: Because I have been wrong once or oftener I do not aspire to be always wrong.

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We dont have enough time to premeditate all our actions.

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Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.

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Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.

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There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe.

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There are men who are happy without knowing it.

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Prosperity makes few friends.

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Action makes more fortunes than caution.

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The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

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The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.

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Generosity gives assistance rather than advice.

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We should expect the best and the worst from mankind as from the weather.

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Patience is the art of hoping.

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No one is more liable to make mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection.

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Great thoughts always come from the heart.

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