We say little, when vanity does not make us speak. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD LittleMakeSaySpeakVanity
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD BehaviourBornCompleteIndifferencePerfect
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD BiggestCleverestIdiotMakeMenPassion
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AbilityGreatHideKnowOneSkill
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AshamedBeenEachFewLongerLoveNotOtherPeople
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD BlindInterestPeopleSelfSharpSightSome
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD DishonorManMoreRidicule
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD ActionBlameCommendationGreatHearPartSeeUnlucky
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD DeliverFearHopeOurPromiseProportion
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD BadCurrencyFiveFlatteryKindMoneyVanity
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AffairFindIndeedneverOneOnlyRareWomen
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD FoolishGlowOlderWiser
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AbleConsequenceEnergyFriendshipHatredJudgeLoveRese
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD DeathFixedlyLookManNeitherNorSun
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD DisguiseExistHideLoveSimulate
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD CleverConsiderDeceiveOneselfOtherSureWay
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD GuiltInnocenseMuchNearProtectionSo
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD BelieveHappyInterestMakeOurselves
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD FortunateImagineneverOne
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD BoastDispositionGoodInterestMoistSelfTenderUrge
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AbsenceCandleDiminishesExtinguishFanIncreaseMediocrePassion
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AdviceBadCompensateExampleGiveInabilityLoveOldPeopleSet
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD BodyGracefulnessMindUnderstanding
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AppearDisguiseDisguisedFinallyHabitMuchOurselves
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AllHeartMondNotThoseWell
