199.--The desire to appear clever often prevents our being so. — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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

199.--The desire to appear clever often prevents our being so.

Place: ¶334
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