Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

by Marquis de Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues, Vauvenargues

Book Overview

"There are insults which we have to condone if we would not compromise our honour." -Marquis de Vauvenargues, Reflexions and Maxims, No. 102 The Marquis de Vauvenargues was a relative unknown in Enlightened France, but he was friends with a rather important individual during the time: Voltaire. With Voltaire's encouragement, the Marquis published an anonymous collection of essays and aphorisms that didn't gain too much notice among his contemporaries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500882801
• ISBN13: 9781500882808
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"