Luc de Clapiers Quotes

We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.

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.

If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.

The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.

The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.

We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.

No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.