“The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld, book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Le vrai moyen d'être trompé, c'est de se croire plus fin que les autres.
Maxim 127.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680

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Il est plus aisé d'être sage pour les autres que de l'être pour soi-même.
Maxim 132.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

“The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.”

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