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François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. - François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on.[La pure valeur (s’il y en avait) serait de faire sans témoins ce qu’on est capable de faire devant le monde.]

Source:The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld (ed. Random House, 1959), (tr. Kronenberger), Maxim 216, Page 73
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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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