“I would not affect either folly or wisdom; for just as humility deters me from pretending to be wise, so simplicity and straightforwardness deter me from pretending to be foolish; and just as vanity is opposed to humility, so all affection and pretense are opposed to honesty and simplicity.”
Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
