We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
-
-
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
What 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 ROCHEFOUCAULD -
In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
One 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 ROCHEFOUCAULD -
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD