Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Self Interest
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Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.
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The passions possess a certain injustice and self interest which makes it dangerous to follow them, and in reality we should distrust them even when they appear most trustworthy.
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Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness.
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The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
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Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them.
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We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Born: September 15, 1613
- Died: March 17, 1680
- Occupation: Author