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It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.
Luc de Clapiers
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Luc de Clapiers
Age: 31 †
Born: 1715
Born: August 6
Died: 1747
Died: May 28
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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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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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