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Men despise great...

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Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.

Source: In Webster's NewWorld Best Book of Aphorisms, by Auriel Douglas, 1989.
-- Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues, (Aug 6 1715-1747), French moralist, essayist; He was noted for his optimistic view of the individual's capacity for goodness.


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