Luc de Clapiers Quotes


We must not be timid from a fear of committing faults: the greatest fault of all is to deprive oneself of experience.


Citations

Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers. Introduction à la connaissance de l'esprit humain, suivie de Réflexions et de Maximes. Antoine-Claude Briasson, 1746.

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Luc de Clapiers
Luc de Clapiers
  • Born: August 6, 1715
  • Died: May 28, 1747
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Writer

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues was a French writer and 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 (20 years his senior).