Famous Quotes | However wicked men may be, they...
However wicked men may be, they dare not profess themselves enemies to virtue; and when they wish to persecute it, they either call it false, or impute crimes to it.
- François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
Attribution: François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 492 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
Categories: Innocence, Moralist, Virtue, Writer
