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Hope is the only good thing that disillusion respects.
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
Disillusion
Respects
Expectations
Hope
Thing
Good
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