Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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