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Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

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Biography - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues:

French writer and moralist.
Born: 1715 - Died: 1747
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
France

We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.


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Source: Reflexions and Maxims

Wikisource - Œuvres de Vauvenargues (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Nous découvrons en nous-mêmes ce que les autres nous cachent, et nous reconnaissons dans les autres ce que nous cachons nous-mêmes.

German
Wir entdecken in uns selbst, was die anderen uns verbergen, und erkennen in anderen, was wir vor uns selbst verbergen.




See also 

See also...



Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.

Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

To be is to be perceived or to perceive.




Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes for: to hide


Quotes

Quotes for: to hide


Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





Hide your life and spread your spirit.





There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.





There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.





All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;





Nature is wont to hide herself.











Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues also said...


The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





No man is weak by choice.





Consciousness of our powers augments them.





Great thoughts come from the heart.





The storms of youth occur between days of brilliant sunshine.





Few maxims are true in every respect.












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