Quotes By Luc De Clapiers

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.

Emotions have taught mankind to reason.

To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.

Indolence is the sleep of the mind.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

All grand thoughts come from the heart.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.

Obscurity is the realm of error.

The conscience of the dying belies their life.

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.

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 appreciates them.

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

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

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

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.

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

The maxims of men reveal their characters.

One can not be just if one is not humane.

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

The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

One promises much, to avoid giving little.

Patience is the art of hoping.

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

To possess taste, one must have some soul.