Quotation by

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

Society

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Many people are respected or appreciated in society not because of their good qualities, but because their bad habits are useful or convenient to others. This suggests that society sometimes values people for the negative traits they possess if those traits serve a practical purpose.

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