But it is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
SAPIR 861
But it is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that will ever give ground for regret.
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