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Luc de Clapiers
Age: 31 †
Born: 1715
Born: August 6
Died: 1747
Died: May 28
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Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
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A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.
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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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The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
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The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
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Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
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The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
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The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.
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The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.
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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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Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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Those who can bear all can dare all.
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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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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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You can purchase the mind of Pascal for a crown. Pleasures even cheaper are sold to those who give themselves up to them. It is only luxuries and objects of caprice that are rare and difficult to obtain unfortunately they are the only things that touch the curiosity and taste of ordinary men.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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