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In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.

Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
Men, Attention, Reign
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, Patrick Riley (1990). “Bossuet: Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture”, p.132, Cambridge University Press
In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.