Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld ( 2 of 62 )
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.
We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.
