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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
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Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
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If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.
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Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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Those who fear men like laws.
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Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
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The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
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Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
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Commerce is the school of cheating.
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