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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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
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Aix
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Doe
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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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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
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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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