I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

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Humanity is not perfect in any fashion no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues just as the honest man has his weaknesses.
- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose. Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos