When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Great men help dazzle the people; after that, they dazzle themselves even more dangerously. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
One of man's greatest failings is that he looks almost always for an excuse, in the misfortune that befalls him through his own fault,… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
