"Men frequently do good only to give..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.”

“Virtue would not make such advances if there were not a little vanity to keep it company.”

“Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.”

“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.”

“Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples.”

“Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”

“This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.”

“What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.”

“The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”