Seems Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All women seem by nature to be coquettes.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

That conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

— 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

Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The health of the soul is something we can be no more sure of than that of the body; and though a…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The blindness of men is the most dangerous effect of their pride; it seems to nourish and augment it; it deprives them…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men are not only prone to forget benefits; they even hate those who have obliged them, and cease to hate those who…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The health of the soul is as precarious as that of the body; for when we seem secure from passions, we are…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also bestowed on…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld