"It is not always from valor or..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.
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More on Virtue
“When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.”
“The words that reverberate for us at the confines of this long adventure of rebellion are not formulas for optimism, for which we have no possible use in the extremities of our unhappiness, but words of courage and intelligence which, on the shores of the eternal seas, even have the qualities of virtue.”
“Humility is the secret of the wise.”
More on Appearance
“The outward is only the outside of that which is within. Men are not concealed under habits, but are revealed by them; they are their true clothes.”
“The vain.- We are like shop windows in which we are continually arranging, concealing or illuminating the supposed qualities other ascribe to us - in order to deceive ourselves.”
“The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life”