It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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