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The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

Luc de Clapiers

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Luc de Clapiers
Age: 31 †
Born: 1715
Born: August 6
Died: 1747
Died: May 28
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To withdraw ourselves from the law of the strong, we have found ourselves obliged to submit to justice. Justice or might, we must choose between these two masters.
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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.
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The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.
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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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Necessity moderates more troubles than reason.
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Patience is the art of hoping.
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In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
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We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.
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More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
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