"It is often laziness and timidity that..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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“The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.”
“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You There are two kinds of faithfulness in love: one is based on forever finding new things to love in the loved one; the other is based on our pride in being faithful.”
“Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.”