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It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance
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- Francis, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
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- Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Wisdom · anthology attribution: La Rochefoucauld
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