It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We should not be much concerned about faults we have the courage to own. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What we take for virtue is often but an assemblage of various ambitions and activities that chance, or our own astuteness, have… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“True Valour would do all that, when alone, that it could do, if all the World were by.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.... — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perfect courage and utter cowardice are two extremes which rarely occur. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“What we term virtue is often but a mass of various actions and diverse interests, which fortune, or our own industry, manage… — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood. — 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 Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
