Marquis de Vauvenargues Quotes Page 3
Best 90 Quotes by Marquis de Vauvenargues – Page 3 of 3
“The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.”
“The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.”
“The most ridiculous and daring hopes have sometimes been the cause of extraordinary successes.”
“The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.”
“The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.”
“The world is a big ball where everyone is masked.”
“There are many things we despise in order that we may not have to despise ourselves.”
“There are people who live happily without knowing it.”
“There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.”
“There does not exist a man sufficiently intelligent never to be tiresome.”
“There is more severity than justice.”
“There is no age or people that has not established imaginary virtues and vices.”
“There is no injury that cannot be forgiven when one has avenged oneself.”
“There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe.”
“To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.”
“Virtue is so praiseworthy that wicked people practise it from self-interest.”
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“I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.”
“War is less burdensome than servitude.”
“We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.”
“We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.”
“We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.”
“We notice many vices, to admit few virtues.”
“We should expect the best and the worst from mankind as from the weather.”
“What we call a brilliant thought is usually just a captivating expression which, with the help of a little truth, imposes a surprising error on us.”
“Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.”
“When a thought is too weak to bear simple expression, this is the mark to reject it.”
“When beauty reigns in the eyes, it is likely to reign elsewhere.”
“When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him”
“Who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.”
“Whoever has seen the masked at a ball dance amicably together, and take hold of hands without knowing each other, leaving the next moment to meet no more, can form an idea of the world.”
“You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.”
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“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.”
