Thinking Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We frequently are troublesome to others, when we think it impossible for us ever to be so.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On croit quelquefoir…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A lofty mind always thinks nobly, it easily creates vivid, agreeable, and natural fancies, places them in their best light, clothes them…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our minds are lazier than our bodies.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks. [Fr., Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld