“To succeed in the world we do everything we can to appear successful already.”

Pour s'établir dans le monde, on fait tout ce que l'on peut pour y paraître établi.
Maxim 56.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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Pour s'établir dans le monde, on fait tout ce que l'on peut pour y paraître établi.

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680

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