Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis, 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. Two of his three sisters and his 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". The quotation often attributed to Voltaire, "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers" is a version of one of his maxims - "Il est encore plus facile de juger de l'esprit d'un homme par ses questions que par ses réponses." from Maximes et réflexions sur différents sujets de morale et de politique : Maxim xviii.Works
