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Consciousness of our powers augments them.

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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Conscious
Consciousness
Augments
Powers

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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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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.
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We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.
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As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.
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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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Those who can bear all can dare all.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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Commerce is the school of cheating.
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Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
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Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
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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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It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
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When we are convinced of some great truths, and feel our convictions keenly, we must not fear to express it, although others have said it before us. Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
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Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.
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Great men in teaching weak men to reflect have set them on the road to error.
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Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
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Some are born to invent, others to embellish but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
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