Duc de Broglie

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“One reason why we find so few men of reasonable and agreeable conversation is that there is scarcely anyone whose mind is not more intent upon what he himself has a mind to say than on making pertinent replies to what is being said to him.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“What we take for high-mindedness is very often no other than ambition well disguised, that scorns means interests, only to pursue greater.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)