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Famous Luc de Clapiers Quotes
“When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.”
“In order to do great things, it is necessary to live as if one was never to die.”
“The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.”
“Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.”
“None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.”
“Servitude degrades people to such a point that they come to like it.”
“Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.”
“Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.”
“To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.”
“You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.”
“No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.”
“The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.”
“Patience is the art of hoping.”
“There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.”
“If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.”
“The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.”