Wish Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

18 Wish quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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If you’ve ever wondered why our desires feel both fleeting and powerful, these 18 snippets from La Rochefoucauld give a sharp, often skeptical look at the human urge to want more.

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We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.

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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

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Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.

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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.

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He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

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We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our…

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In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and…

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It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit,…

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The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.

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We are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for.

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Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is…

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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to…

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Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate…

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We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do…

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What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of…

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It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in…

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Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.

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Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

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“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.”

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

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