Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes about Office
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
"Maximes", 164, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 919-20, 1922.
"The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 83, 1678.