Luc de Clapiers
Luc de Clapiers
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargueswas a minor French writer, a moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior—anonymously—a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend. He first received public notice under his own name in 1797, and from 1857 on, his aphorisms became popular. In the history of French literature, his significance lies chiefly in his friendship with Voltaire...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 August 1715
CountryFrance
The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.
He who seeks fame by the practice of virtue asks only for what he deserves.
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.
Obscurity is the realm of error.
All that is unfair, offends us if it's not beneficial for us
We should expect the best and the worst from mankind as from the weather.
And where, on earth, dwell hope and truth? In childhood's uncorrupted heart; Alas! too soon to guileless youth The world doth its dark code impart!
Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.
Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
It is easier to say new things than to reconcile those which have already been said.
Nothing endures except truth.
Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
It is sometimes easier to form a party than to attain by degrees the head of a party already formed.