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Luc de Clapiers Quotes About Prosperity

Quotes about: Prosperity
  • Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.

    Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”
  • Prosperity makes few friends.

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

Luc de Clapiers

  • Born: August 6, 1715
  • Died: May 28, 1747
  • Occupation: Writer
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