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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.
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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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.
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Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of 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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We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.
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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 are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
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Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!.
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If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.
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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 lazy are always wanting to do something.
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Give help rather than advice.
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The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
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We are very wrong to think that some fault or other can exclude virtue, or to consider the alliance of good and evil as a monstrosity or an enigma.
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Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
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We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.
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Great men in teaching weak men to reflect have set them on the road to error.
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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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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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