human
A clever man would frequently be much at a loss, he says,
gpt
One has seen this embarrassment of a wit in a company of dullards. It is Rochefoucauld's own position in this world of men and women. We are all, in the mass, dullards compared with his cleverness, and so he fails to understand us, is much at a loss among us.
human
People only praise others in hopes of being praised in turn, he says. Mankind is not such a company of
gpt
The praise of those we love, Dearer to true young hearts than their own praise.