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

    Luc de Clapiers: The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.
    Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”