Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747) French writer, a moralist
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 185.
“The highest form of vanity is love of fame.”
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906), Vol. II, Reason in Society
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“Play is the highest form of research.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: Imagination is the highest form of research.
“Puns are the highest form of literature.”
Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) British filmmaker
Dick Cavett Show (8 June 1972).
