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A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.
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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Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
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Vice foments war it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
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It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
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Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.
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All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
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There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.
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Necessity moderates more troubles than reason.
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Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!.
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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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Lazy people always intend to start doing something.
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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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We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
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Nothing endures except truth.
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One can not be just if one is not humane.
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I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is almost always useless and sometimes harmful knowledge.
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Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.
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