Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
In the original French
La philosophie triomphe aisément des maux passés et des maux à venir. Mais les maux présents triomphent d'elle.
1678
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.