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Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.

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
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Clearness
Ornament
Ornaments
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Thought

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Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
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We are very wrong to think that some fault or other can exclude virtue, or to consider the alliance of good and evil as a monstrosity or an enigma.
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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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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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Commerce is the school of cheating.
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Nothing endures except truth.
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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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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.
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The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
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Patience is the art of hoping.
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If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I shall reply I have been wrong once or more often, however I do not aspire to be always wrong.
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As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
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You must maintain strength of body in order to preserve strength of mind.
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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We don't have enough time to premeditate our actions.
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Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.
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Hope deceives more men than cunning does.
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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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Necessity moderates more troubles than reason.
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