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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
Hope
Science
Doe
Men
Deceives
Deceiving
Cunning

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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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Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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Children are taught to fear and obey the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to be imitators, a course to which they are already only too much inclined. No one thinks of making them original, courageous, independent.
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The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
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Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.
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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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Servitude degrades people to such a point that they come to like it.
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We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.
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Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
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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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A liar is a man who does now know how to deceive, a flatterer one who only deceives fools: he who knows how to make skilful use of the truth, and understands its eloquence, can alone pride himself in cleverness.
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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Vice foments war it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
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Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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