black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Related Topics

Also Enough Great Manage Quality

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Body Defect Fault Imagination Mind Taken Wound
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Admire Allow Always Those Who
The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Accent Country Heart Man Mind Native Remain Speech
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Company Keep Variety Virtue
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
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 ROCHEFOUCAULD

Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'imagick.so' (tried: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0