Philosophy triumphs with ease over misfortunes past and to come, but present misfortunes triumph over it.[La philosophie triomphe aisément des maux passés et des maux à venir; mais les maux présents triomphent d’elle.]
Source:The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld (ed. Random House, 1959), (tr. Kronenberger), Maxim 22, Page 37
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