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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
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Humane
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As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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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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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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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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Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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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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