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However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so when they want to attack it they pretend to find it spurious , or impute crimes to it.
-Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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However Evil Men May Be They Dare

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so when they want to attack it they pretend to find it spurious , or impute crimes to it.
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