We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement. — Francois 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
The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We should only affect compassion, and carefully avoid having any. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be. — 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
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
