black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Related Topics

Holy Live Think Wise Without

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

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

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Absence Candle Diminishes Extinguish Fan Increase Mediocre Passion
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
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
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Foolish Glow Older Wiser
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Despise Vice Virtue
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Always Heart Mind
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Hate Love More Near Wish
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.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Faculty Great Lesser May Mind Much Talk Word
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 ROCHEFOUCAULD

Detail Happen Many Remember Same Time Tiniest Told
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Evil Good Hero Well
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Advice Can Profit Wisdom

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'imagick.so' (tried: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0