If a man is endowed with a noble and courageous soul, if he is painstaking, proud, ambitious, without meanness, of a profound a deep-seated intellige… - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

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If a man is endowed with a noble and courageous soul, if he is painstaking, proud, ambitious, without meanness, of a profound a deep-seated intelligence, I dare assert that he lacks nothing to be neglected by the great and men in high office, who fear, more than other men, those whom they cannot dominate.

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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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