• What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

  Francois de la Rochefoucauld
  French writer 1613-1680
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. generosity
2. disguised
3. overlooks
4. interest
5. secure
6. order

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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. by : Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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