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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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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 often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
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You must maintain strength of body in order to preserve strength of mind.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
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It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.
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Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.
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You can purchase the mind of Pascal for a crown. Pleasures even cheaper are sold to those who give themselves up to them. It is only luxuries and objects of caprice that are rare and difficult to obtain unfortunately they are the only things that touch the curiosity and taste of ordinary men.
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Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.
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Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank.
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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 dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.
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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.
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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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Courage is adversity's lamp.
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