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Luc de Clapiers Quotes: 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.
         

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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We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.



The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.



The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.



You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.



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

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



The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.



Action makes more fortune than caution.

Action makes more fortune than caution.



Courage is adversity's lamp.

Courage is adversity's lamp.



Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.





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Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.

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