Vauvenargues Quotes and Quotations
To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die. The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. The mind reaches great heights only by spurts. Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it. We should expect the best and the worst from mankind, as from the weather. The lazy are always wanting to do something. All men are born truthful, and die liars. When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance. If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural. Vice stirs up war; virtue fights. Prosperity makes few friends. There are men who are happy without knowing it. The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions. There are men who are happy without knowing it. Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice. When an idea is too weak to support a simple statement, it is a sign that it should be rejected. Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations. Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm. There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe. Patience is the art of hoping. 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. We don't have enough time to premeditate all our actions. Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice. No one is more liable to make mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection. Great thoughts always come from the heart. The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe. There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything. Nothing but courage can guide life. He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything. We don't have enough time to premeditate all our actions. Action makes more fortunes than caution. Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm. The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities, and make the most of one's resources. Patience is the art of hoping. Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies. Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies. Great thoughts come from the heart. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.
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