It is not sufficient to have great qualities; we must be able to make proper use of them.
François De La Rochefoucauld
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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than about what others are saying, and we never listen when we are eager to speak.
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However brilliant an action may be, it ought not to pass for great when it is not the result of a great design.
- François De La Rochefoucauld