453.--In great matters we should not try so much to create opportuniti… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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

453.--In great matters we should not try so much to create opportunities as to utilise those that offer themselves.

Place: ¶642
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