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La Rochefoucauld 494: What makes us see that men know their faults better than we imagine, is that ...
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What makes us see that men know their faults better than we imagine, is that they are never wrong when they speak of their conduct; the same self-love that usually blinds them enlightens them, and gives them such true views as to make them suppress or disguise the smallest thing that might be censured.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_494
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