dots-menu
×

Home  »  Familiar Quotations  »  9537 Fran&edilois

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

9537 Fran&edilois

 
NUMBER:9537
AUTHOR:François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
QUOTATION:We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with with us. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Maxim 347.
 
Note 1.
”That was excellently observed,” say I when I read a passage in another where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, then I pronounce him to be mistaken.—Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects. [back]