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Vauvenargues

Vauvenargues

French philosopher

Lived from: 1715 - 1747

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagFrance

Born: 6 august 1715 Died: 28 may 1747

  • Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

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  • Give help rather than advice.
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  • Great thoughts always come from the heart.
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  • Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.
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  • The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
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  • Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
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  • All grand thoughts come from the heart.
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  • Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
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  • Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
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  • Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
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  • If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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  • Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.
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  • 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.
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  • Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
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  • Obscurity is the realm of error.
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  • One promises much, to avoid giving little.
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  • Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
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  • The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
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  • The idle always have a mind to do something.
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  • The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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  • The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
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What are the most famous quotes from Vauvenargues?

The two most famous quotes from Vauvenargues are:

  • "Give help rather than advice."
  • "Great thoughts always come from the heart."

When did Vauvenargues live?

Vauvenargues was born in 1715 and died in the year 1747.