The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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