Famous Quotes | Though men are apt to flatter...

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance. - François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
Attribution: François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 58 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).

Categories: Achievement, Chance, Moralist, Vanity, Writer

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