We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.


La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims (ed. 1903)

Luc de Clapiers Quotes

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.