Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe pardon to the extent that we love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDAs one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDSelf-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOn neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDRidicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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 ROCHEFOUCAULDNothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDTo achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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