Dans toutes les professions chacun affecte une mine et un exterieur pour paraitre ce qu'il veut qu'on le croie. Ainsi on peut dire que le monde n'est compose que de mines.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Everyone in every profession puts on a facade to appear as they wish to be seen, so the world is made of masks.
- In plain terms
- People wear appearances to seem what they want others to think they are.
- What can you take from it?
- Most public appearances are deliberate masks.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much of your public self is a performance?
Another view
Not every professional presentation is deceptive; some are just neutral.
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