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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

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
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Society
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Consciousness of our powers augments them.
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None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.
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The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
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The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.
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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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Constancy is the chimera of love.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.
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A liar is a man who does now know how to deceive, a flatterer one who only deceives fools: he who knows how to make skilful use of the truth, and understands its eloquence, can alone pride himself in cleverness.
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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Necessity embitters the evils which it cannot cure.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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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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The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
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