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Daily Aphorism

12/02/2011

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IX
 
A. - He tried to humiliate you.
B. - A person who only strives to be honorable before his own eyes can hardly be humiliated by anyone.

IX

A. - Il a cherché à vous humilier.
B. - Celui qui ne peut être honoré que par lui-même, n'est guère humilié par personne.


- Chamfort, Little philosophical dialogues, IX

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Inside the Académie française to which Chamfort was elected in 1781.
 


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