Luc de Clapiers Quotes

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Luc de Clapiers

Profession : Writer

Birth : August 6, 1715

Great thoughts come from the heart.

Luc de Clapiers

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

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The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

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The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.

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Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

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The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

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Obscurity is the realm of error.

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Indolence is the sleep of the mind.

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One promises much, to avoid giving little.

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Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.

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Emotions have taught mankind to reason.

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You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

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Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.

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To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.

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The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.

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Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

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The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.

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