Self love Quotes by Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest.

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

The highest skill is the true judgment of values.

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

However different men's fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the ill and the good, and makes all even at…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Most frequently we make confidants from vanity, a love of talking, a wish to win the confidence of others, and to make an exchange…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever.

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Young women that would not be thought coquettish, and old men that would not be ridiculous, should never talk of love, as if they…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

The most trying fools are the bright ones.

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

The unbosoming oneself to another is a kind of release to the soul, which strives to lighten its burden and find ease by throwing…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

The disabusing a man strongly possessed with an opinion of his own worth is the very same ill office that was done to the…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is the privilege…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

What men have given the name of friendship to is nothing but an alliance, a reciprocal accommodation of interest, an exchange of good offices;…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Nothing is given so willingly as advice.

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt