Francois de La Rochefoucauld on faculty
Francois de La Rochefoucauld181 quotes“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.”
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois 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 RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois 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 RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld
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