409.--We should often be ashamed of our very best actions if the world… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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

409.--We should often be ashamed of our very best actions if the world only saw the motives which caused them.

Place: ¶585
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