Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The dullness of certain people is sometimes a sufficient security against the attack of an artful man. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What men call friendship is no more than a partnership, a mutual care of interests, an exchange of favors - in a… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom. GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ, "Felicity", Leibniz: Political Writings Virtue is harder to be got… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Self-love is the love of a man's own self, and of everything else for his own sake. It makes people idolaters to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Great men's honor ought always to be measured by the methods they made use of in attaining it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is. — François De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The same strength of character which helps a man resist love, helps to make it more violent and lasting too. People of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Some men are like ballads, that are in everyone's mouth a little while. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people. — 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
