What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own — François De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“The defects of the mind are like the wounds of the body. Whatever care we take to heal them the scars ever… — François de la Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal… — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds of the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal… — Francois De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal… — 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
Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
