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Hope deceives more men than cunning does.

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
Deceives
Deceiving
Cunning
Hope
Science
Doe
Men

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There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
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All that causes one man to differ from another is a very slight thing. What is it that is the origin of beauty or ugliness, health or weakness, ability or stupidity? A slight difference in the organs, a little more or a little less bile. Yet this more or less is of infinite importance to men and when they think otherwise they are mistaken.
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It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
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Patience is the art of hoping.
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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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It cannot be a vice in men to be sensible of their strength.
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Great men in teaching weak men to reflect have set them on the road to error.
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There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.
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We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.
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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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All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
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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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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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The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.
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We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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The lazy are always wanting to do something.
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The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.
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Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
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