We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share
