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Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.

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
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Intelligence
Ignorance
Genius
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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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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
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We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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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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Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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A liar is a man who does now know how to deceive, a flatterer one who only deceives fools: he who knows how to make skilful use of the truth, and understands its eloquence, can alone pride himself in cleverness.
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