Luc de Clapiers Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: August 6, 1715 - May 28, 1747
Birthday: August 6
Death: May 28
In order to protect himself from force, man was obliged to submit to justice. Justice or force: he was compelled to choose between the two masters, so little are we made to be independent.
source: Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”
topic: Independent, Men, Order, Obliged, Two Masters
