Sake Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “It is not always for virtue's sake that women are virtuous.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Sake Virtue Virtuous
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I say women exhibit the most exalted virtue when they depart from the domestic circle and enter on the concerns of their country, of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her Is righted even when men grant they err. — George Chapman Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
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