He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOn neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
-
-
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
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 -
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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 -
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -
Nothing 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 ROCHEFOUCAULD