Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to… — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. —FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD” — Fumio Sasaki Copy Share Image
“How is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good… — Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company. Francois de La Rochefoucauld” — Gabriela Popa Copy Share Image
“In literature, too, we admire prose in which a small and astutely arranged set of words has been constructed to carry a… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves. — FRANÇOIS DE LA… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Conservatives are often fond of La Rochefoucauld's famous aphorism that 'Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue,' and so tend… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
“The offerings of Machiavelli (1469–1527), Guicciardini (1483–1540), La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) and La Bruyère (1645–96) give us an indication of the manoeuvres that… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
A great man once wrote, "Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows… — Karen White Copy Share Image
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Yes, well, let me tell you that if nobody had ever learned to quote, very few people would be in love with… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Poor people know poor people, and rich people know rich people. It is one of the few things La Rochefoucauld did not… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy. Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld That awareness is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
