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There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.

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
Writer
Aix
Hope
Fear
Inspirational
Doe
Nothing
Men
Permit

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Necessity embitters the evils which it cannot cure.
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Habit is everything, even in love.
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Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
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Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
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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 must maintain strength of body in order to preserve strength of mind.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
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It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
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If our friends do us a service, we think they owe it to us by their title of friend. We never think that they do not owe us their friendship.
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