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No one likes to be pitied for his faults.
Luc de Clapiers
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Luc de Clapiers
Age: 31 †
Born: 1715
Born: August 6
Died: 1747
Died: May 28
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In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
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One promises much, to avoid giving little.
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Action makes more fortune than caution.
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Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
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We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.
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