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
Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we notice that we disapprove of something at one time that… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are persons whose only merit consists in saying and doing stupid things at the right time, and who ruin all if… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are people who, like new songs, are in vogue only for a time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what… — 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
