WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:</p><p>«««««<br />It’s a sign of considerable shrewdness to be able to make others think one is not exceptionally shrewd.<br />[C’est avoir fait un grand pas dans la finesse, que de faire penser de soi que l’on n’est que médiocrement fin.]<br />»»»»»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/2332/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/2</span><span class="invisible">332/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cleverness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cleverness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cunning</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>deception</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/facade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>facade</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/pretense" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pretense</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/shrewdness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shrewdness</span></a></p>