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La Rochefoucauld 453: In great matters we should not try so much to create opportunities as to util...
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In great matters we should not try so much to create opportunities as to utilise those that offer themselves. [Yet Lord Bacon says "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."--Essays, {(1625), "Of Ceremonies and Respects"}]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_453
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