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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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Clearness
Ornament
Ornaments
Deep
Thought

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The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
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The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
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Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
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In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?
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