Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so… — 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 Copy Share Image
There are a great many simpletons who know themselves to be so, and who make a very cunning use of their own… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks. [Fr., Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are follies as catching as contagious disorders. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
In infants, levity is a prettiness; in men a shameful defect; but in old age, a monstrous folly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
As we grow older, we increase in folly--and in wisdom. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A fool has not material enough to be good. [Fr., Un sot n'a pas assez d'etoffe pour etre bon.] — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The vivacity that augments with years is not far from folly. — 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
