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La Rochefoucauld 018: Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contempt which thos...
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Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contempt which those merit who are intoxicated with their good fortune; it is a vain display of our strength of mind, and in short the moderation of men at their greatest height is only a desire to appear greater than their fortune.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_018
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