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La Rochefoucauld 066: A clever man ought to so regulate his interests that each will fall in due or...
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A clever man ought to so regulate his interests that each will fall in due order. Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_066
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