Character Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld writes that virtue is like health, and that vices can be mixed into it like ingredients in a remedy. He says moderation displays true strength, while vanity and laziness hide behind virtue and keep us from genuine character. He notes that many of our virtues are just disguised vices, and that changing tastes are common, but deep character traits are rare.
![“The qualities we have do not make us so ridiculous as those which we affect to have. [Fr., On n'est jamais si ridicule par les qualites que l'on a que par celles que l'on affecte d'avoir.]” quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_character_the-qualities-we-have-do-not-make-us-so_550676.png)
