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Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

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
Within
Circle
Wrong
Circles
Less
Discovered
Ideas
Awareness
People
Perhaps
Grow
Grows
Thoughtless
Small
Minded

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