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Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.

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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Flowers
World
Fruit
Sun
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Glory
Beneficent
Virtue
Fills
Earth
Covers
Whole
Fruits

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Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
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The conscience of the dying belies their life.
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Hope is the only good thing that disillusion respects.
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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.
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