black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Related Topics

Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

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

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
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
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
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
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes