Francois de La Rochefoucauld on general
Francois de La Rochefoucauld181 quotes“No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.”
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld 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 RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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