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Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
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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Military Personnel
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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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Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
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Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
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Obscurity is the realm of error.
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Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.
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In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
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It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
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Servitude degrades people to such a point that they come to like it.
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The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.
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To withdraw ourselves from the law of the strong, we have found ourselves obliged to submit to justice. Justice or might, we must choose between these two masters.
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Those who can bear all can dare all.
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You must maintain strength of body in order to preserve strength of mind.
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Action makes more fortune than caution.
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It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
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We are very wrong to think that some fault or other can exclude virtue, or to consider the alliance of good and evil as a monstrosity or an enigma.
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The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
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Give help rather than advice.
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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 kingdom of error.
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