All Luc de Clapiers Quotes
- The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. Been
- Patience is the art of hoping. Art
- All grand thoughts come from the heart. All
- The art of pleasing is the art of deception. Art
- Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something. Always Anxious
- Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts. Brainy
- There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do. Doe
- If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. Appreciation
- The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures. Derived
- When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected. Expressed
- One can not be just if one is not humane. Humane
- It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. Difficult
- Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. Bind
- The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. Absurd
- To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die. Die
- Vice stirs up war, virtue fights. Fighting
- 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… Appreciate
- Emotions have taught mankind to reason. Emotion
- We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter. Almost Always
- To possess taste, one must have some soul. Inspirational