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Luc De Clapiers Inspirational Quotes (128)

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The conscience of the dying belies their life.
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We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
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As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
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You can purchase the mind of Pascal for a crown. Pleasures even cheaper are sold to those who give themselves up to them. It is only luxuries and objects of caprice that are rare and difficult to obtain unfortunately they are the only things that touch the curiosity and taste of ordinary men.
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Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
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Action makes more fortune than caution.
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Obscurity is the realm of error.
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We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.
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It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
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Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank.
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Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?
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The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.
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I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is almost always useless and sometimes harmful knowledge.
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
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The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.
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As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.
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We don't have enough time to premeditate our actions.
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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
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Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
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Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
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