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
Luc de Clapiers quotes about
Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed but uniformity.
Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
The tempests of youth are mingled with days of brilliant sunshine.
Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.
Nothing endures except truth.
The greatest evil that fortune can bring to men is to endow them with feeble resources and yet to make them ambitious.
We must not be timid from a fear of committing faults: the greatest fault of all is to deprive oneself of experience.
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.