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FEW PEOPLE HAVE THE WISDOM TO PREFER THE CRITICISM THAT WOULD DO THEM GOOD, TO THE PRAISE THAT DECEIVES THEM. —François de La Rochefoucauld
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Author Francois de La Rochefoucauld reminds us that we often justify our mistakes rather than addressing them:
"We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct."
"We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct."
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La marque d’un mérite extraordinaire est de voir que ceux qui l’envient le plus sont contraints de le louer.
François Duc De La Rochefoucauld • Maximes et Réflexions diverses (Folio classique t. 728)
It is failings that show human nature, and merits that distinguish the individual; faults and misfortunes we all have in common; virtues belong to each one separately.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
Collected Maxims and Other Reflections: With Parallel French Text (Oxford World's Classics)
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Il faut de plus grandes vertus pour soutenir la bonne fortune que la mauvaise.
François Duc De La Rochefoucauld • Maximes et Réflexions diverses (Folio classique t. 728)
“I learned early that people will admire your work more if they are not jealous of you.” – Benjamin Franklin