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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

The first sigh of childhood is for liberty.


Note 

Note




Source: Reflexions and Maxims

Wikisource - Œuvres de Vauvenargues (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le premier soupir de l'enfance est pour la liberté.

German
Der erste Seufzer der Kindheit gilt der Freiheit.




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See also...






Quotes for: childhood


Quotes

Quotes about childhood:


Wisdom leads us back to childhood.





Mature manhood: that means to have rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.





Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.





It is perhaps childhood that comes closest to one's 'real life'.





We are of our childhood as we are from a country.





The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.











Quotes for: freedom


Quotes

Quotes about freedom:


There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.





Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.











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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