Francois De La Rochefoucauld quotes Born: 09/15/1613 Died: 03/17/1680 Country: france

• We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [desire/strongly/desire]
• There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [thing/revolution/changes/taste]
• Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [sun/death]
• We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [speak]
• Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [weakness/character]
• We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [people]
• There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [women/trade]
• Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [enemies/truth/form/opinion]
• Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [silence]
• There are ways which lead to everything, and if we have sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [willpower]
• If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [company/loss]
• Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [wisdom]
• Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [enemies/approach/truth]
• To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [greatness/willpower]
• Usually we praise only to be praised. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld)
• There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld)
• The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [desire/being]
• True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [eloquence]
• It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld)
• How ever a brilliant an action, it should not be viewed as great unless it is the result of a great motive. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [action/result]
• Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [right]
• Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [humility/power]
• We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [love/more/wish]
• True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [love]
• We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [love]
• What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld)
• It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [disease/health]
• No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [more/willpower]
• It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [character/changes]
• Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [evil/more]
• The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [being/envy]

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