“We do not despise all who have vices, but we despise all who have no virtues.”

About Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

Writer • French

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, was a French moralist and writer, esteemed for his insightful essays and maxims. Despite a short and difficult life marked by military service and poor health, he produced a...