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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
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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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Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
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If our friends do us a service, we think they owe it to us by their title of friend. We never think that they do not owe us their friendship.
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The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is almost always useless and sometimes harmful knowledge.
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To withdraw ourselves from the law of the strong, we have found ourselves obliged to submit to justice. Justice or might, we must choose between these two masters.
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