We rarely find that people have good sense unless they agree with us.

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Maxims], #347 (1665-1678)

Alt. trans.: "We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us."

 
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