289
No one hath come into the world for a continuance save him who leaveth behind him a good name.*
Sa’dī.
Notes
* Cf. 29.
290
Gross ignorance produces a dogmatic spirit. He who knows nothing thinks he can teach others what he has himself just been learning. He who knows much scarcely believes that what he is saying is unknown to others, and consequently speaks with more hesitation.
La Bruyère.