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The maxims of men reveal their characters.

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Luc de Clapiers
Age: 31 †
Born: 1715
Born: August 6
Died: 1747
Died: May 28
Essayist
Military Personnel
Philosopher
Writer
Aix
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Action makes more fortune than caution.
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Courage is adversity's lamp.
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Consciousness of our powers augments them.
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Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.
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Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.
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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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Whoever has seen the masked at a ball dance amicably together, and take hold of hands without knowing each other, leaving the next moment to meet no more, can form an idea of the world.
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It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
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Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.
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Necessity embitters the evils which it cannot cure.
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Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
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Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
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As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
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All that causes one man to differ from another is a very slight thing. What is it that is the origin of beauty or ugliness, health or weakness, ability or stupidity? A slight difference in the organs, a little more or a little less bile. Yet this more or less is of infinite importance to men and when they think otherwise they are mistaken.
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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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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
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One can not be just if one is not humane.
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Servitude degrades people to such a point that they come to like it.
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