419.--We may seem great in a post beneath our capacity, but we oftener… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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

419.--We may seem great in a post beneath our capacity, but we oftener seem little in a post above it.

Place: ¶599
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