226 Quotes by Luc de Clapiers

The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.

No one is more liable to make mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

Lazy people always intend to start doing something.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

One promises much, to avoid giving little.

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.