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We acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less of ourselves.

Francois duc de La-Rochefoucauld (1828). “Maximes Et Reflexions Morales Traduites en Grec Moderne Par Wladimir Brunet; Avec Une Traduction Anglaise en Regard”, p.195
We acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less of ourselves.