Quotation by

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

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Understanding the behavior or nature of people as a whole is simpler than truly understanding individual people. This is because individuals have unique complexities and contradictions that are harder to grasp than general patterns.

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