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The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
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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Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.
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Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.
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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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Some are born to invent, others to embellish but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
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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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We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.
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There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.
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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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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
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Consciousness of our powers augments them.
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A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views.
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The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.
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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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