François de La Rochefoucauld: Were we to take as much pains to be what we ought to be as we do to disguise…
Were we to take as much pains to be what we ought to be as we do to disguise what we really are, we might appear like ourselves without being at the trouble of any disguise at all.
In today’s wordsIf we took as much trouble to be what we ought to be as we do to disguise what we are, we could look like ourselves without any disguise at all.
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