“The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.”

— Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues

La pensée de la mort nous trompe, car elle nous fait oublier de vivre.
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 172.

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La pensée de la mort nous trompe, car elle nous fait oublier de vivre.

Reflections and Maxims (1746)

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