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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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Inexhaustible
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Discovery

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Constancy is the chimera of love.
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Habit is everything, even in love.
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Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
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The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
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All men are born truthful and die liars.
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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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If a man is endowed with a noble and courageous soul, if he is painstaking, proud, ambitious, without meanness, of a profound a deep-seated intelligence, I dare assert that he lacks nothing to be neglected by the great and men in high office, who fear, more than other men, those whom they cannot dominate.
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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
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Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.
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The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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Necessity moderates more troubles than reason.
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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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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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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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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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Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
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We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.
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The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.
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