When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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 ROCHEFOUCAULDWe often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThose who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDGratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDTo know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe passions are the only orators which always persuade.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhat men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNeither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe mind is always the patsy of the heart.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhat makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHeat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD