When laziness and timidity yoke us to our duties, we often give virtue the credit for it.[Pendant que la paresse et la timidité nous retiennent dans notre devoir, notre vertu en a souvent tout l’honneur.]
Source:The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld (ed. Random House, 1959), (tr. Kronenberger), Maxim 169, Page 64
Find more on
