"Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example."
"However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her."
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Source: Reflections on Various Subjects. Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, www.gutenberg.org. 1678.
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