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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
Science
Doe
Men
Deceives
Deceiving
Cunning
Hope

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Necessity embitters the evils which it cannot cure.
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If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I shall reply I have been wrong once or more often, however I do not aspire to be always wrong.
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Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
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More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
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Great men in teaching weak men to reflect have set them on the road to error.
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Prosperity makes few friends.
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It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct the perfection is not speed but uniformity.
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To withdraw ourselves from the law of the strong, we have found ourselves obliged to submit to justice. Justice or might, we must choose between these two masters.
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Lazy people always intend to start doing something.
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A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views.
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Necessity moderates more troubles than reason.
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Learn to overrule minor interest in favor of great ones, and generously to do all the good the heart prompts a man is never injured by acting virtuously.
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Some are born to invent, others to embellish but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
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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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Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.
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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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