Luc de Clapiers was a famous Writer from France, who lived between August 6, 1715 and May 28, 1747. He/she became only 31 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative.
Our collection contains 27 quotes who is written / told by Luc.
27 Famous quotes by Luc de Clapiers
"You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character"
"Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good"
"To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die"
"We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather"
"The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition"
"Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself"
"One promises much, to avoid giving little"
"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"
"You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time"
"Those who can bear all can dare all"
"The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success"
"Great thoughts always come from the heart"
"Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers"
"When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected"
"The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature"
"The art of pleasing is the art of deception"
"There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do"
"The idle always have a mind to do something"
"All grand thoughts come from the heart"
"To possess taste, one must have some soul"
"Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something"
"Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts"
"Vice stirs up war, virtue fights"
"The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught"
"The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources"
"If people did not compliment one another there would be little society"
