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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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The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
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The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.
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Children are taught to fear and obey the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to be imitators, a course to which they are already only too much inclined. No one thinks of making them original, courageous, independent.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
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The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.
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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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All men are born truthful and die liars.
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Constancy is the chimera of love.
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Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
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We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
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Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.
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In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
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Those who fear men like laws.
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The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.
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Consciousness of our powers augments them.
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