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François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

It is exceedingly clever to know how to hide your cleverness.[C’est une grande habileté que de savoir cacher son habileté.]

Source:The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld (ed. Random House, 1959), (tr. Kronenberger), Maxim 245, Page 79
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François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
  • Name: François de La Rochefoucauld
  • Profession: Writer, Essayist
  • Born: June 13, 1865 – March 17, 1680
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