Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (born 1715)

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

French writer, nobleman and moralist (1715–1747)

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues was a French writer and moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior—anonymously—a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend. He first received public notice under…