Order Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Organize one's values in the order of their worth

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man, in order to establish himself in the world, does everything he can to appear established there.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a…

— 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

We frequently do good in order to enable us to do evil later with impunity exemption of punishment.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Pity is a sense of our own misfortunes in those of another man; it is a sort of foresight of the disasters…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

Humility is often merely feigned submissiveness assumed in order to subject others, an artifice of pride which stoops to conquer, and although…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is necessary, in order to know things well, to know the particulars of them; and these, being infinite, make our knowledge…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld