He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When the heart is still disturbed by the relics of a passion it is proner to take up a new one than… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still. — 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
