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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
Essayist
Military Personnel
Philosopher
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Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.
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