Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis
Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis (7 March 1764, Paris – 15 February 1830), second duke of Lévis, peer of France, was a French politician, aphorist and député to the National Constituent Assembly. His father was the first duke of Lévis, marshal Francis de Gaston. In 1816 he was elected to seat 6 of the Académie française. During the French Revolution, he escaped to England. His three sisters and mother were sent to the guillotine during the French Revolution. He is credited with the quotation "Boredom is an illness for which work is the remedy".
Works
- 1808 : Voyage de Kang-Hi, ou nouvelles lettres chinoises, 2 vol.
- 1808 : Maximes et réflexions sur différents sujets
- 1812 : Suite des quatre Fiercadins
- 1814 : L'Angleterre au commencement du XIXe siècle
- 1814 : Souvenirs et portraits
- 1816 : Considérations morales sur les finances
- 1818 : Des emprunts
- 1819 : De l'autorité des chambres sur leurs membres
- 1824 : Considérations sur la situation financière de la France
- 1828 : La conspiration de 1821 ou les jumeaux de Chevreuse, 2 vol.
- 1829 : Lettre sur la méthode Jacotot