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The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
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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Military Personnel
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Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
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All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
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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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Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
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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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Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank.
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