Luc de Clapiers Quotes

The maxims of men reveal their characters.

– Luc de Clapiers

Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

One can not be just if one is not humane.

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

Obscurity is the realm of error.

– Luc de Clapiers

All grand thoughts come from the heart.

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

– Luc de Clapiers

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

Prosperity makes few friends.

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

Indolence is the sleep of the mind.

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

Emotions have taught mankind to reason.

– Luc de Clapiers

One promises much, to avoid giving little.

– Luc de Clapiers

Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.

– Luc de Clapiers

Great thoughts come from the heart.

– Luc de Clapiers

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

– Luc de Clapiers

Those who can bear all can dare all.

– Luc de Clapiers

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

– Luc de Clapiers

Patience is the art of hoping.

– Luc de Clapiers

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

– Luc de Clapiers