24 ordspråk av Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues
Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues
 Action makes more fortune than caution |
| Action makes more fortune than caution |
| Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward. |
| Few maxims are true in every respect |
| Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization. |
| It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him |
| Men's maxims reveal their characters. |
| Necessity delivers us from the embarrassment of choice |
| Our actions are neither so good nor so evil as our impulses |
| Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. |
| Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves. |
| Patience is the art of hoping. |
| The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources. |
| The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources. |
| The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
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Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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