One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Doubt Copy Share Image
Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Cast away Copy Share Image
People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Inspirational Copy Share Image
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Age Copy Share Image
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Clever Copy Share Image
Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Deceit Copy Share Image
We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The largest ambition has the least appearance of ambition when it meets with an absolute impossibility in compassing its object. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Absolutes Copy Share Image
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Admiration Copy Share Image
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Faithful Copy Share Image
We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Boast Copy Share Image
No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Bad health Copy Share Image
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds of the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal… — Francois De La Rochefoucauld Flaws Copy Share Image
A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with them one by one; but often our… — François De La Rochefoucauld Greed Copy Share Image
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Body Copy Share Image
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Curiosity Copy Share Image
Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We judge so superficially of things, that common words and actions spoke and done in an agreeable manner, with some knowledge of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ability Copy Share Image
It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of character. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
“How rare true love maybe, it is less so than true friendship.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Friend Copy Share Image
Silence is the best security to the man who distrusts himself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
To think to be wise alone is a very great folly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Being wise Copy Share Image
It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Clever Copy Share Image
We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others — François De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Affection Copy Share Image
Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Communication Copy Share Image
The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Envy Copy Share Image
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them — François De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Defects Copy Share Image
We frequently are troublesome to others, when we think it impossible for us ever to be so. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Annoyance Copy Share Image
To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
