"It is harder to make one’s name by means of a perfect work than to win praise for a second-rate one..."

By: vivian on sábado, novembro 18, 2017

“It is harder to make one’s name by means of a perfect work than to win praise for a second-rate one by means of the name one has already acquired.”

- Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696), a French philosopher and moralist who was famous for his satire

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