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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
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Augments
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Conscious
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
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The lazy are always wanting to do something.
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Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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Commerce is the school of cheating.
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Vice foments war it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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