François de La Rochefoucauld Quote

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all of the motives which produced them.


Maximes (1665)


We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all of the motives which produced them.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all of the motives which produced them.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all of the motives which produced them.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all of the motives which produced them.