Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure…

Jean de la Bruyere
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Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive. ✨ Of Personal Merit, Aphorism 17, 1688.
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