Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Goodness

Quotes about: Goodness

• There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Good Man, Desire

• Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Real, Goodness

• There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  People, Would Be, Goodness

• No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Strength, Men, Sloth

• Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Believe, Pride, People

• There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hero, Wickedness, Goodness

• Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Opportunity, Men, Giving

• The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Rewards, Merit, World

• Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hatred, Quality, Goodness

• Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Quality, Goodness, Notion

• None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Fear, Atheism, Weakness

• It is often hard to determine whether a clear, open, and honorable proceeding is the result of goodness or of cunning.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Honesty, Goodness, Results

• Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Weak, Goodness, Good Nature

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