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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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We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
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The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
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The maxims of men reveal their characters.
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We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
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The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.
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We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.
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We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.
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We don't have enough time to premeditate our actions.
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Hope deceives more men than cunning does.
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Action makes more fortune than caution.
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The conscience of the dying belies their life.
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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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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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