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Obscurity is the realm of error.

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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Aix
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Obscurity
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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Consciousness of our powers augments them.
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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 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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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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Those who fear men like laws.
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
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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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A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.
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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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The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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Prosperity makes few friends.
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It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct the perfection is not speed but uniformity.
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