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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
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Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!.
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One promises much, to avoid giving little.
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Those who fear men like laws.
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Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.
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We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.
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Obscurity is the realm of error.
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The idle always have a mind to do something.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.
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We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
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Hope is the only good thing that disillusion respects.
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Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?
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Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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Necessity embitters the evils which it cannot cure.
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