Happiness Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel than in what we inspire.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men's happiness and misery depends altogether as much upon their own humor as it does upon fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We take less pains to be happy, than to appear so.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Happy people rarely correct their faults; they consider themselves vindicated, since fortune endorses their evil ways.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also bestowed on…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld