Quotes by Luc de Clapiers

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Writer, nobleman and moralist · French · 1715–1747

French writer, nobleman and moralist (1715–1747)

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“Patience is the art of hoping.”

“Nothing but courage can guide life.”

“Great thoughts come from the heart.”

“The art of pleasing is the art of deception.”

“Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.”

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

“Nothing but courage can guide life.”

courage

“To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.”

“Great thoughts come from the heart.”

“Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.”

“Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.”

“Patience is the art of hoping.”

Art Hoping

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

Know Things Taught

“There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.”

Hope Men Nothing

“The art of pleasing is the art of deception.”

Deception Pleasing

“The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.”

“When thought is too weak to be simply expressed it's clear proof that it should be rejected.”

simplicity

“When thought is too weak to be simply expressed it's clear proof that it should be rejected.”

simplicity