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La Rochefoucauld 007: Great and striking actions which dazzle the eyes are represented by politicia...
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Great and striking actions which dazzle the eyes are represented by politicians as the effect of great designs, instead of which they are commonly caused by the temper and the passions. Thus the war between Augustus and Anthony, which is set down to the ambition they entertained of making themselves masters of the world, was probably but an effect of jealousy.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_007
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