• Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.

  Francois de la Rochefoucauld
  French writer 1613-1680
  

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1. sufficient
2. deceives
3. prefer
4. useful
5. praise

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Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them. by : Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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