La modération des grands hommes ne borne que leurs vices. L… - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

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La modération des grands hommes ne borne que leurs vices. La modération des faibles est médiocrité.

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

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About Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (6 August 1715 – 28 May 1747) was a French moralist, essayist, and miscellaneous writer.

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Alternative Names: Marquis de Vauvenargues • Lyuk de Klapye Vovenarq

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Lazy people are always looking for something to do.

In order to achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.

Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do; but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank.

La modération des grands hommes ne borne que leurs vices. La modération des faibles est médiocrité. - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

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