Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
