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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
Writer
Aix
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Inexhaustible
Renewal
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Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.
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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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No one likes to be pitied for his faults.
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All men are born truthful and die liars.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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When we are convinced of some great truths, and feel our convictions keenly, we must not fear to express it, although others have said it before us. Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
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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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One can not be just if one is not humane.
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Vice foments war it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
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The lazy are always wanting to do something.
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It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
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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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Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.
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It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
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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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There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
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You can purchase the mind of Pascal for a crown. Pleasures even cheaper are sold to those who give themselves up to them. It is only luxuries and objects of caprice that are rare and difficult to obtain unfortunately they are the only things that touch the curiosity and taste of ordinary men.
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The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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The idle always have a mind to do something.
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