It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
All men are equally proud. The only difference is that not all take the same methods of showing it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others. — 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
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To awaken a man who is deceived as to his own merit is to do him as bad a turn as that… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received;… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A man, in order to establish himself in the world, does everything he can to appear established there. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Men's happiness and misery depends altogether as much upon their own humor as it does upon fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The dullness of certain people is sometimes a sufficient security against the attack of an artful man. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
In infants, levity is a prettiness; in men a shameful defect; but in old age, a monstrous folly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the… — 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
