We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us -- and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld: "We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us -- and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld's Quotations

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Bias	Decide	Depend	Desire
Despite	Either	Fame	Favor
Having	Intelligence	Jealousy	Judges
Judgment	Just	Label	Life
Making	Meanest	Motives	Opposed
Peace	Peril	Preoccupation	Reputation
Sake	These	Upon	Want
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We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us -- and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld