Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.