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Luc De Clapiers Quotes
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It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: The perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do; but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they know it (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
We are very wrong to think that some fault or other can exclude virtue, or to consider the alliance of good and evil as a monstrosity or an enigma (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has no equality. Its sovereign law is subordination and dependence (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed, but uniformity (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
The idea of bringing all men on an equality with each other has always been a pleasant dream; the law cannot equalize men in spite of nature (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole Earth with flowers and with fruits (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Great men in teaching weak men to reflect have set them on the road to error (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
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 (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I shall reply; I have been wrong once or more often, however I do not aspire to be always wrong (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Learn to overrule minor interest in favor of great ones, and generously to do all the good the heart prompts; a man is never injured by acting virtuously (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Conscience, the organ of feeling which dominates us and of the opinions which rule us, is presumptuous in the strong, timid in the weak and unfortunate, uneasy in the undecided (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
In order to protect himself from force, man was obliged to submit to justice. Justice or force: he was compelled to choose between the two masters, so little are we made to be independent (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
A liar is a man who does now know how to deceive, a flatterer one who only deceives fools: he who knows how to make skilful use of the truth, and understands its eloquence, can alone pride himself in cleverness (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
Mediocre men sometimes fear great office, and when they do not aim at it, or when they refuse it, all that is to be concluded is that they are aware of their mediocrity (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
It is sometimes easier to form a party than to attain by degrees the head of a party already formed (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
When we are convinced of some great truths, and feel our convictions keenly, we must not fear to express it, although others have said it before us. Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
A man can hardly be said to have made a fortune if he does not know how to enjoy it (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)
It is easier to say new things than to reconcile those which have already been said (Luc De Clapiers Quotes)