Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to mea

Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive. – Jean De La Bruyere

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