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Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.

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
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Truth
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People
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Fewer

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Those who fear men like laws.
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Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
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Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
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One promises much, to avoid giving little.
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The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
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All that causes one man to differ from another is a very slight thing. What is it that is the origin of beauty or ugliness, health or weakness, ability or stupidity? A slight difference in the organs, a little more or a little less bile. Yet this more or less is of infinite importance to men and when they think otherwise they are mistaken.
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Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
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Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
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All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
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Constancy is the chimera of love.
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Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?
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Lazy people always intend to start doing something.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.
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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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Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.
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Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
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