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Daily Aphorism

12/03/2011

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It is as difficult to find a vain man who thinks he is fortunate enough as it is to find a modest one who thinks he is too unfortunate.

Il est aussi difficile de trouver un homme vain qui se croie assez heureux, qu'un homme modeste qui se croie trop malheuruex.



- La Bruyère

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The Allée des Philosophes in the park at the Château de Chantilly, where La Bruyère lived as a tutor for a time.
 


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