Francois de La Rochefoucauld - No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his...

Francois de La Rochefoucauld Zitate

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Niemand verdient es, für seine Güte gelobt zu werden, der es nicht in seiner Macht hat, böse zu sein. Güte ohne diese Kraft ist im Allgemeinen nichts anderes als Faulheit oder eine Ohnmacht des Willens.

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