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the virtuous from the wicked.
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tremble.
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Trema... VITTORIO ALFIERI The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
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CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which ... MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE Emotions have taught mankind to reason. LUC DE CLAPIERS Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers. LUC DE CLAPIERS Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. LUC DE CLAPIERS To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die. LUC DE CLAPIERS Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. LUC DE CLAPIERS When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected. LUC DE CLAPIERS The maxims of men reveal their characters. LUC DE CLAPIERS Obscurity is the realm of error. LUC DE CLAPIERS The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good. LUC DE CLAPIERS The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures. LUC DE CLAPIERS The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great amb... LUC DE CLAPIERS Those who can bear all can dare all. LUC DE CLAPIERS We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather. LUC DE CLAPIERS One can not be just if one is not humane. LUC DE CLAPIERS Clearness ornaments profound thoughts. LUC DE CLAPIERS Patience is the art of hoping. LUC DE CLAPIERS All grand thoughts come from the heart. LUC DE CLAPIERS Indolence is the sleep of the mind. LUC DE CLAPIERS One promises much, to avoid giving little. LUC DE CLAPIERS Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something. LUC DE CLAPIERS Great thoughts come from the heart. LUC DE CLAPIERS The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. LUC DE CLAPIERS The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. 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 m... LUC DE CLAPIERS One is not born a woman, but becomes one. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain it... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Art is an attempt to integrate evil. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their ... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR