Jean de La Bruyère book Les Caractères
Il n'y a au monde que deux manières de s'élever, ou par sa propre industrie, ou par l'imbécillité des autres.
Aphorism 52
Les Caractères (1688), Des biens de fortune
“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
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