A line
“There are persons of whom the world approves who have no merit beyond the vices they use in the affairs of life.”
After La Rochefoucauld · Maxims, 273–277
Cleo
Who do you know that everyone likes but whose faults you can't ignore?
Inspire
One line from the shelf, copied out for its own sake, and a question to carry it into your day. When it is not yours, draw another.
A line
“There are persons of whom the world approves who have no merit beyond the vices they use in the affairs of life.”
After La Rochefoucauld · Maxims, 273–277
Cleo
Who do you know that everyone likes but whose faults you can't ignore?
The lines are from the Knowledge: books that belong to everyone, kept here by their authors.