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Nothing endures except 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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Truth
Nothing
Endures
Endure
Except

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Constancy is the chimera of love.
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We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.
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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
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Courage is adversity's lamp.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
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Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.
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The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
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The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
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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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Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
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The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
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The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.
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A liar is a man who does now know how to deceive, a flatterer one who only deceives fools: he who knows how to make skilful use of the truth, and understands its eloquence, can alone pride himself in cleverness.
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