What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

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

François de La Rochefoucauld

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