"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
Topic(s): Good
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
More From Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- "A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant."
- "Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit."
- "The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them."
More In Good
- "Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different."― Katherine Mansfield
- "Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure."― George Eliot
- "Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don’t succeed, you won’t be in your profession for long. In our society, it’s not about good or bad. It’s about who’s on top."― Chili Davis