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Luc de Clapiers was a 18th-century French writer, nobleman and moralist. 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Great thoughts come from the heart.”
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Great Heart Thoughts

“Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.”
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Sometimes Virtue Us

“Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.”
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Thoughts Clarity Profound

“Patience is the art of hoping.”
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Art Hoping

“The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.”
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“There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.”
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Hope Men Nothing
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