The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices. 美德的名义和伪装对自身利益和真正的罪恶一样有用。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices. 美德这个词对个人利益和罪恶一样有用。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away. 许多人轻视财富;很少有人能把它们送人。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. 利己主义使一些人盲目，另一些人目光敏锐。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune. 富足的人之所以适度，是因为他们的好运气使他们心平气和、沉着冷静。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources. 如果我们内心没有安宁，那么从外部寻求安宁是徒劳的。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves. 我们平时不称赞别人，而是为了被别人表扬自己。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us. 我们可能在一份低于自身价值的工作中表现出色，但在一份对我们来说太大的工作中，我们往往显得微不足道。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. 无论一个行为本身多么光荣，如果它不是智慧和意图的结果，就不应该被认为是伟大的。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them. 只要人们认为我们能为他们服务，我们就很少发现人们忘恩负义。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵