There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions,...

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions,...

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they...

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they...

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...