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The maxims of men reveal their characters.
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
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Aix
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Men
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Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.
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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
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Patience is the art of hoping.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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Action makes more fortune than caution.
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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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One can not be just if one is not humane.
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Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
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Prosperity makes few friends.
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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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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is almost always useless and sometimes harmful knowledge.
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The lazy are always wanting to do something.
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Great men, like nature, use simple language.
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All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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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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