François de La Rochefoucauld Quote

Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.


Maxims (1678) no. 180


Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.

Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.

Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.

Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.