Quotes by : Vauvenargues

Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.

All men are born truthful and die liars.

There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe.

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.

When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Prosperity makes few friends.

If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself I reply: Because I have been wrong once or oftener I....

Great men undertake great things because they are great fools because they think them easy.

Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies.