Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while. — 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 Clever Copy Share Image
When the soul is ruffled by the remains of one passion, it is more disposed to entertain a new one than when… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Passion Copy Share Image
Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Bureaucracy 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
If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Failure Copy Share Image
The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Accidents Copy Share Image
The reason why most women have so little sense of friendship is that this is but a cold and flat passion to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Cold Copy Share Image
We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Desire Copy Share Image
It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The passions possess a certain injustice and self interest which makes it dangerous to follow them, and in reality we should distrust… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Birth Copy Share Image
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Affair Copy Share Image
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Achievements Copy Share Image
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it is a symmetry whose rules are unknown. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Communication Copy Share Image
The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Desire Copy Share Image
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Evil Copy Share Image
Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Humility Copy Share Image
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Communication Copy Share Image
The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Birth Copy Share Image
In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Actor Copy Share Image
If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“The defects of the mind are like the wounds of the body. Whatever care we take to heal them the scars ever… — François de la Rochefoucauld Psychology Copy Share Image
The soul's maladies have their relapses like the body's. What we take for a cure is often just a momentary rally or… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Body Copy Share Image
Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Few things are impossible in themselves: application to make them succeed fails us more often than the means. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Affliction Copy Share Image
Those who are overreached by our cunning are far from appearing to us as ridiculous as we appear to ourselves when the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
As the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Body Copy Share Image
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Best friend Copy Share Image
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 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 truest comparison we can make of love is to liken it to a fever; we have no more power over the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Comparison Copy Share Image
