Famous quotes containing the word vauvenargues:
“Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“Obscurity is the realm of error.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)