Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Maxims], ¶ 218 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)] - La Rochefoucauld, Francois | WIST Quotations
Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue. [L’hypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend à la vertu.] (Source (French)). Alternate translations: Hypocrisie is a Sort of Homage which Vice pays to Vertue. [tr. Stanhope (1694), ¶ 219] Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue. [pub.…
