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Great men, like nature, use simple language.

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
Philosopher
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Those who fear men like laws.
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The maxims of men reveal their characters.
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If a man is endowed with a noble and courageous soul, if he is painstaking, proud, ambitious, without meanness, of a profound a deep-seated intelligence, I dare assert that he lacks nothing to be neglected by the great and men in high office, who fear, more than other men, those whom they cannot dominate.
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Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.
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More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
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Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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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 mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
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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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If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I shall reply I have been wrong once or more often, however I do not aspire to be always wrong.
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.
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The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.
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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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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.
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