Luc de Clapier Quotes


"Patience is the art of hoping."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Art, Patience)

"One can not be just if one is not humane."
- Luc de Clapier
"Obscurity is the realm of error."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Error, Obscurity)

"It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Man)

"Indolence is the sleep of the mind."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Indolence, Mind, Sleep)

"Great thoughts come from the heart."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Heart, Thoughts)

"Clearness ornaments profound thoughts."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Thoughts)

"The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Ability)

"When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Thought, Proof)

"The conscience of the dying belies their life."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Life, Conscience, Dying)

"The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: People, Fool)

"Prosperity makes few friends."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Friends, Prosperity)

"The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures."
- Luc de Clapier
(Related: Labor)

"To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die."
- Luc de Clapier