A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Trust Copy Share Image
A man who never trusts himself never trusts anyone. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Men Copy Share Image
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Argument Copy Share Image
It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Deliberate Copy Share Image
Great men help dazzle the people; after that, they dazzle themselves even more dangerously. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Decision making Copy Share Image
Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
One of man's greatest failings is that he looks almost always for an excuse, in the misfortune that befalls him through his… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time,… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Accidents Copy Share Image
Weakness has many stages. There is a difference between feebleness by the impotency of the will, of the will to the resolution,… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Distrust Copy Share Image
If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Communication Copy Share Image
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Character Copy Share Image
Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
