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La Rochefoucauld 239: Nothing flatters our pride so much as the confidence of the great, because we...
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Nothing flatters our pride so much as the confidence of the great, because we regard it as the result of our worth, without remembering that generally 'tis but vanity, or the inability to keep a secret.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_239
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