Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
La philosophie triomphe aisément des maux passés et des maux à venir. Mais les maux présents triomphent d'elle.
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Original Citation
La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.
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Current Citation
La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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