Luc de ClapiersA collection of 10 posts

War

Vice stirs up war virtue fights.

Success

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

Strength

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength ...

Society

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

Nature

The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.

Fear

There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.

Failure

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

Best

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

Art

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Art

Patience is the art of hoping.