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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
Aix
Ornament
Ornaments
Deep
Thought
Clearness

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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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Lazy people always intend to start doing something.
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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
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Vice foments war it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
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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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We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
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We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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Some are born to invent, others to embellish but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
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It cannot be a vice in men to be sensible of their strength.
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As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.
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Action makes more fortune than caution.
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Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
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Obscurity is the realm of error.
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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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Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
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Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
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