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Some are born to invent, others to embellish but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.

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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
Philosopher
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It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct the perfection is not speed but uniformity.
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As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
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Servitude degrades people to such a point that they come to like it.
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