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Category: Vauvenargues

Vice stirs up war virtue fights.

If virtue were its own reward it would no longer be a human quality but supernatural.

Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.

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.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one’s opportunities and make the most of one’s resources.

Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies.

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.

When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.

medicine, sickness

All men are born truthful and die liars.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.