The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
- Luc de Clapiers
Ability, Find, Always, Wicked
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
- Luc de Clapiers
Ability, Find, Always, Wicked
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
- Luc de Clapiers
Men, Reveal, Characters, Maxims
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
- Luc de Clapiers
Art, Deception, Pleasing
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
- Luc de Clapiers
Extraordinary, Most, Absurd, Aspirations
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
- Luc de Clapiers
Fruit, Pleasures, Derived, Sweetest
Obscurity is the realm of error.
- Luc de Clapiers
Realm, Error, Obscurity
One promises much, to avoid giving little.
- Luc de Clapiers
Giving, Avoid, Much, Promises
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
- Luc de Clapiers
Failure, Closely, Itself, Bind
Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
- Luc de Clapiers
Sleep, Mind, Indolence
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
- Luc de Clapiers
Wish, Esteem, Would, Highly
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
- Luc de Clapiers
Thought, Too, Rejected, Expressed
To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.
- Luc de Clapiers
Die, Never, Though, Execute
You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.
- Luc de Clapiers
Strength, Own, Consciousness, Rouse
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
- Luc de Clapiers
Small, Which, Endow, Talents
Those who can bear all can dare all.
- Luc de Clapiers
Bear, Who, Those, Dare
Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
- Luc de Clapiers
Thoughts, Profound, Ornament
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.
- Luc de Clapiers
Feel, Offense, Appreciates, Modest
There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
- Luc de Clapiers
Fear, Nothing, Does, Permit
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
- Luc de Clapiers
Die, Born, Everyone, Sincere
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
Greatest Achievement, Opportunities
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
- Luc de Clapiers
Thoughts, Brainy, Profound, Clarity
Patience is the art of hoping.
- Luc de Clapiers
Patience, Art, Hoping
To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
- Luc de Clapiers
Die, Never, Though, Great Things
If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
- Luc de Clapiers
Society, Another, Would, Compliment
The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
- Luc de Clapiers
Think, Themselves, Like, Fool
Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
- Luc de Clapiers
War, Vice, Fights, Virtue
All grand thoughts come from the heart.
- Luc de Clapiers
Heart, Thoughts, Come, Grand
Great thoughts come from the heart.
- Luc de Clapiers
Love, Thoughts, Come, Heart
Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
- Luc de Clapiers
Emotions, Reason, Mankind, Taught
We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.
- Luc de Clapiers
Mankind, Expect, Should, Worst
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
- Luc de Clapiers
Best, Been, Things, Taught
You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
- Luc de Clapiers
Time, Born, Know, Fame
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
- Luc de Clapiers
Nature, Law, Mankind, Spite
To possess taste, one must have some soul.
- Luc de Clapiers
Soul, Some, Taste, Possess
Prosperity makes few friends.
- Luc de Clapiers
Friends, Few, Makes, Prosperity
Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.
- Luc de Clapiers
Lazy, Doing, Always, Anxious
The conscience of the dying belies their life.
- Luc de Clapiers
Life, Dying, Conscience
One can not be just if one is not humane.
- Luc de Clapiers
Just, Humane
The idle always have a mind to do something.
- Luc de Clapiers
Mind, Something, Always, Idle
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