160.--However brilliant an action it should not be esteemed great unle… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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

160.--However brilliant an action it should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive.

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