Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Chastity
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What we take for virtue is often but an assemblage of various ambitions and activities that chance, or our own astuteness, have arranged in a certain manner; and it is not always out of courage or purity that men are brave, and women chaste.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.
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The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.
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Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.
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We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.
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Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

- Born: September 15, 1613
- Died: March 17, 1680
- Occupation: Author