Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe generality of friends puts us out of conceit with friendship; just as the generality of religious people puts us out of conceit with religion.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld