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
One can not be just if one is not humane.
The lazy are always wanting to do something.
Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed but uniformity.
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.