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Give help rather than advice.
Luc de Clapiers
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Luc de Clapiers
Age: 31 †
Born: 1715
Born: August 6
Died: 1747
Died: May 28
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It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
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Necessity moderates more troubles than reason.
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Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
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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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Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
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In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
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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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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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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.
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Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
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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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Courage is adversity's lamp.
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The conscience of the dying belies their life.
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More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
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