We can often do more for other men by correcting our own faults than by correcting theirs. - François (de Salignac de La Mothe-) Fénelon (1651 - 1715)
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多くの場合、自分自身の欠点を直すことのほうが、他人の欠点を直すことよりも他人のためになるものだ。 - フランソワ・フェヌロン (1651 - 1715)
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