["Those who quit their proper character{,} to assume what does not bel… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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

["Those who quit their proper character{,} to assume what does not belong to them, are{,} for the greater part{,} ignorant both of the character they leave{,} and of the character they assume."--Burke, {Reflections On The Revolution In France, (1790), Paragraph 19}.]

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