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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
Writer
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Deep
Thought
Clearness
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Necessity embitters the evils which it cannot cure.
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
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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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Action makes more fortune than caution.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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Whoever has seen the masked at a ball dance amicably together, and take hold of hands without knowing each other, leaving the next moment to meet no more, can form an idea of the world.
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In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
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Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.
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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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If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.
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