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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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Some are born to invent, others to embellish but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
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The conscience of the dying belies their life.
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Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
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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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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
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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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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.
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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.
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We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.
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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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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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Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
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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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Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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If our friends do us a service, we think they owe it to us by their title of friend. We never think that they do not owe us their friendship.
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None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.
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