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We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.

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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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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