There Are Only Two Ways By Which To Rise In This World, Either By One's Own Industry Or By The Stupidity Of Others.

There Are Only Two Ways By Which To Rise In This World, Either By One's Own Industry Or By The Stupidity Of Others.

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There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by
one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.
-- Jean de LaBruyere (1645-1696)

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