Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm. — 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
There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems… — 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
Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight. — 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
To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long. — 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
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
The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nothing is so contagious as example; never was there any considerable good or ill done that does not produce its like. We… — 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
Nothing is more contagious than example, and no man does any exceeding good or exceeding ill but it spawns new deeds of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A man does not please long when he has only species of wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Of all our faults, the one we avow most easily is idleness; we persuade ourselves that it is allied to all the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy.… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest. — 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
