We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have.
Quality
Quotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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“Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does greatly please.”