Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which the prospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves… — François La Rochefoucauld Duc De Copy Share
Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which the prospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in… — François La Rochefoucauld Duc De Copy Share
The clemency of princes is very often only a state-trick,to gain upon the affections of their subjects. — François La Rochefoucauld Duc De Copy Share Image
Vices may be said to await us along the course of our lives like hosts with whom we lodge successively on a journey; and… — François La Rochefoucauld Duc De Copy Share Image
