Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
-- La Rochefoucauld
-- La Rochefoucauld
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- Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
Francois Duc de la... - Flattery is a sort of bad money, to which our vanity gives currency.
-- La... - It is far easier to be wise for others than to be so for oneself.
-- La... - It is far easier to know men than to know man.
-- La... - Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
-- Francis,
Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim... - The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.
Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim... - The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.
Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim... - Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim... - There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when
they love no longer.
Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim...
