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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.
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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Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
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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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Vice foments war it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
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The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.
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