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Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.

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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Enough
Men
Depth
Hear
Tell
Truth

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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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The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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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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The lazy are always wanting to do something.
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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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It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
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Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
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Courage is adversity's lamp.
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Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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Prosperity makes few friends.
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The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.
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Learn to overrule minor interest in favor of great ones, and generously to do all the good the heart prompts a man is never injured by acting virtuously.
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Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
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The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
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Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
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Children are taught to fear and obey the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to be imitators, a course to which they are already only too much inclined. No one thinks of making them original, courageous, independent.
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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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