Life Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes in life situations develop that only the half-crazy can get out of.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our enemies' opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than the honor of the dead

— François De La Rochefoucauld

Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The vices enter into the composition of the virtues, as poisons into that of medicines. Prudence collects and arranges them, and uses…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

How deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Hope, deceitful as it is, carries us through life agreeably enough.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Joseph Gillespie, July 13, 1849 Friendship is insipid…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life,…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It may be said that the vices await us in the journey of life like hosts with whom we must successively lodge;…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld