Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Coquetry Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy is an homage that vice renders to virtue. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Blockhead Copy Share Image
Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Currents Copy Share Image
One may outwit another, but not all the others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Deceit Copy Share Image
Our actions are like blank rhymes, to which everyone applies what sense he pleases. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Action Copy Share Image
We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Admire Copy Share Image
Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Brave Copy Share Image
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Crime Copy Share Image
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Disguise Copy Share Image
The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Delight Copy Share Image
A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Judging Copy Share Image
We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Employment Copy Share Image
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ashamed Copy Share Image
If we took as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to deceive others by disguising what we are;… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Deceiving Copy Share Image
Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ambition Copy Share Image
Self-love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them; and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Diminish Copy Share Image
Instead of considering that the worst way to persuade or please others is to try thus strongly to please ourselves, and that… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Answers Copy Share Image
The reason why lovers and their mistresses never tire of being together is that they are always talking of themselves. [Fr., Ce… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Being together Copy Share Image
What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Abandon Copy Share Image
Sincerity is a certain openness of heart. It is to be found in very few, and what we commonly look upon to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Certain Copy Share Image
When we seek reconciliation with our enemies, it is commonly out of a desire to better our own condition, a being harassed… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Accidents Copy Share Image
We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Friendship Copy Share Image
The qualities we have do not make us so ridiculous as those which we affect to have. [Fr., On n'est jamais si… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
There are people who would never have been in love, had they never heard love spoken of. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Been in love Copy Share Image
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Faults Copy Share Image
We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Funny Copy Share Image
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Doctor Copy Share Image
We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Agree Copy Share Image
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Easier Copy Share Image
Lovers, when they are no longer in love, find it very hard to break up. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Break Copy Share Image
We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Alike Copy Share Image
There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Excess Copy Share Image
It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Brave Copy Share Image
A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Fashionable Copy Share Image
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Bad Copy Share Image
None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Apprehensive Copy Share Image
There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Genius Copy Share Image
We should not be much concerned about faults we have the courage to own. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Concerned Copy Share Image
![“The reason why lovers and their mistresses never tire of being together is that they are always talking of themselves. [Fr., Ce qui fait que amants et les maitresses ne s'ennuient point d'etre ensemble; c'est qu'ils parlent toujours d'eux memes.]” quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcf/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_being-together_the-reason-why-lovers-and-their-mistress_3032844.jpg)
![“The qualities we have do not make us so ridiculous as those which we affect to have. [Fr., On n'est jamais si ridicule par les qualites que l'on a que par celles que l'on affecte d'avoir.]” quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a3f/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_character_the-qualities-we-have-do-not-make-us-so_550676.jpg)
