"Vice foments war; it is virtue which actually……" — Luc de Clapiers
"Vice foments war; it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever."
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- Vice stirs up war, virtue fights. — Luc de Clapiers
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119 Quotes by Luc de Clapiers
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- Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
- 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.
- When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
- One can not be just if one is not humane.
- It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
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