We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us - and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld