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Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
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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Prosperity makes few friends.
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Necessity embitters the evils which it cannot cure.
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Commerce is the school of cheating.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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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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We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.
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