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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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Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
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The idle always have a mind to do something.
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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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Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.
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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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Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!.
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Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
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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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The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.
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Patience is the art of hoping.
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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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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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Necessity moderates more troubles than reason.
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Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
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Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.
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Jealousy is the paralysis of love.
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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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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.
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We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.
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