In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Appearance Copy Share Image
You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Find Copy Share Image
The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Enemy Copy Share Image
Men are not only prone to forget benefits; they even hate those who have obliged them, and cease to hate those who… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Benefits Copy Share Image
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Fear Copy Share Image
We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Enough Copy Share Image
We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Advice Copy Share Image
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Accidents Copy Share Image
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Doe Copy Share Image
There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ghost Copy Share Image
When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ambition Copy Share Image
Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Believe Copy Share Image
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Certainty Copy Share Image
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 Communication 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
“Some beautiful things are more impressive when left imperfect than when than when too highly finished” — François de La Rochefoucauld Beauty Copy Share Image
Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Being loved 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
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 Another time Copy Share Image
The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld First love Copy Share Image
It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Coquetry Copy Share Image
Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised — François De La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
