Luc de Clapiers Quotes
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Reason and emotion counsel and supplement each other. Whoever heeds only the one, and puts aside the other, recklessly deprives himself of a portion of the aid granted us for the regulation of our conduct.
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Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
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Fools do not understand men of intelligence.
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There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.
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Few maxims are true in every respect.
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If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
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We don't have enough time to premeditate our actions.
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We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
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The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.
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Courage is adversity's lamp.
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Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.
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Despair is the greatest of our errors.
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Patience is the art of hoping.
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All grand thoughts come from the heart.
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Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
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We should expect the best and the worst from mankind as from the weather.
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The idle always have a mind to do something.
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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.
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We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.
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He who seeks fame by the practice of virtue asks only for what he deserves.
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The light of the dawn is not so sweet as the first glimpses of fame.
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It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
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Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
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Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
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Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
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All that is unfair, offends us if it's not beneficial for us
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The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.
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A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views.
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Obscurity is the realm of error.
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Despair puts the last touch not only to our misery but also to our weakness.
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