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Luc de Clapiers Quotes about Giving

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Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

Luc de Clapiers
Generosity, Giving, Advice

Give help rather than advice.

Luc de Clapiers
Helping Others, Volunteer, Giving

If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.

Luc de Clapiers
Passion, Reflection, Giving
"Reflections and Maxims". Book by Luc de Clapiers, translated by E. Lee, pp. 170-171, 1903.

One promises much, to avoid giving little.

Luc de Clapiers
Keeping Promises, Generosity, Giving

We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.

Luc de Clapiers
Giving, Study, Fortune
Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

You can purchase the mind of Pascal for a crown. Pleasures even cheaper are sold to those who give themselves up to them. It is only luxuries and objects of caprice that are rare and difficult to obtain; unfortunately they are the only things that touch the curiosity and taste of ordinary men.

Luc de Clapiers
Men, Luxury, Giving
Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.

Luc de Clapiers
Winter, Giving, Shining
Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

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

Luc de Clapiers
Winter, Light, Giving

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