black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Related Topics

Dishonor Man More Ridicule

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

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

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Evil Good Hero Well
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Already Examine Happy Heart Posses Set Upon
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Little Make Say Speak Vanity
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Being Hinder Nature Nothing Ourselves Seem Strain
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

Conceal Counterfeit Crafty Dissimulation Long Love Most Power
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Holy Live Think Wise Without
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes