A Quote by François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

What men have given the name of friendship to is nothing but an alliance, a reciprocal accommodation of interest, an exchange of good offices; in it is nothing but a system of traffic, in which self-love always proposes to itself some advantage.

François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld : French writer & moralist who insisted that self-interest dominates men's actions
Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
 
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