François de La Rochefoucauld: But, yet acquired qualities should always have a certain agreement and a certain union with our own natural qualities, w

But, yet acquired qualities should always have a certain agreement and a certain — François de La Rochefoucauld

But, yet acquired qualities should always have a certain agreement and a certain union with our own natural qualities, which they imperceptibly extend and increase.

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