There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOne can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOn neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDQuarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNever give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPeople’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe heart is forever making the head its fool.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOld men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNo man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNeither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDJealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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