Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes
Tis more dishonourable to distrust a friend than to be deceived by him.
Misers mistake gold for their good; whereas 'tis only a means of attaining it.
There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.
We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy.
Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.
The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light.
Clemency, which we make a virtue of, proceeds sometimes from vanity, sometimes from indolence, often from fear, and almost always from a mixture of all three.
For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.
It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.
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A fool has not material enough to be good. [Fr., Un sot n'a pas assez d'etoffe pour etre bon.]
Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.
We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.
The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.
The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.
We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.
Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor
The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.
It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.
If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.
The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism
There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.
We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.
Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.
Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever
Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear.
Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.
Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.
In their early passions women are in love with the lover, later they are in love with love.
It is harder to hide the feelings we have than to feign the ones we do not have.
The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.
It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.
However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.
It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.
