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François de La Rochefoucauld

Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - The virtues lose themselves in interest...


Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

The virtues lose themselves in interest as the rivers are lost in the sea.


Note 

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Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Wikisource - Œuvres de La Rochefoucauld (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German, Italian)



French
Les vertus se perdent dans l'intérêt, comme les fleuves se perdent dans la mer.

German
Die Tugenden verlieren sich im Eigennutz, wie die Flüsse sich im Meer verlieren.

Italian
Le virtù si perdono nell'interesse come i fiumi si perdono nel mare.




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Though men be much governed by interest; yet even interest itself, and all human affairs, are entirely governed by opinion.





Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.





An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.











Quotes for: virtue


Quotes

Quotes about virtue:


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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.





Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.





Recommend virtue to your children it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.





Humility is not a virtue; that is, it does not arise from reason.





There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.











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François de La Rochefoucauld also said...


It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.





There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.





If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.





Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.





Few people know how to be old.





We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.












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