Francois de La Rochefoucauld - Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great a...

Francois de La Rochefoucauld Zitate

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 Rochefoucauld

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Obwohl Männer dazu neigen, sich mit ihren großen Errungenschaften zu schmeicheln und sich selbst zu erheben, sind sie doch in Wahrheit oft nicht so sehr dem Design als dem Zufall zu verdanken.

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