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Courage is adversity's lamp.
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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Adversity
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All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
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In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
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Great men are sometimes so even in small things.
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Whoever has seen the masked at a ball dance amicably together, and take hold of hands without knowing each other, leaving the next moment to meet no more, can form an idea of the world.
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All men are born truthful and die liars.
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Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
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Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
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Prosperity makes few friends.
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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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We don't have enough time to premeditate our actions.
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Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
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Great men, like nature, use simple language.
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The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.
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Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?
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Consciousness of our powers augments them.
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Those who fear men like laws.
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