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One can not be just if one is not humane.

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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Humane

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The conscience of the dying belies their life.
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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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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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It cannot be a vice in men to be sensible of their strength.
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Those who fear men like laws.
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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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Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
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Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
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Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.
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Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.
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The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
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Hope deceives more men than cunning does.
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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
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Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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