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Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended."

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it."

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.




Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources."

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them."

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.




Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being."

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind."

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.




Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them."

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it."

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Nothing is so infectious as example."

Nothing is so infectious as example.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not."

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.




Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world."

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices."

We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation."

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire."

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit."

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner."

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it."

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune."

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own."

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves."

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves."

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference."

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?"

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny."

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship."

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Taste may change, but inclination never."

Taste may change, but inclination never.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?"

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us."

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment."

I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it."

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The world is full of pots jeering at kettles."

The world is full of pots jeering at kettles.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity."

Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it."

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Simplicity is a delicate imposition."

Simplicity is a delicate imposition.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken."

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself."

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay."

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only."

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind."

Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will."

None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere."

If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation."

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.



Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish."

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.