“We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world only knew the motives behind them.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Done Copy Share Image
Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Action Copy Share Image
Gratitude is like the good faith of traders: it maintains commerce, and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Business 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
The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Depends Copy Share Image
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld Gratitude Copy Share Image
Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires. — François De La Rochefoucauld Absence Copy Share Image
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Action Copy Share Image
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ambition Copy Share Image
He is safe who admits no one to his confidence. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Confidence Copy Share Image
There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Excess Copy Share Image
The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Boredom Copy Share Image
Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Desire Copy Share Image
There are women who never had an intrigue; but there are scarce any who never had but one. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Intrigue Copy Share Image
Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Fool Copy Share Image
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Folly Copy Share Image
Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Action Copy Share Image
The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Birth Copy Share Image
We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Bias Copy Share Image
There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Badness Copy Share Image
We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others — François De La Rochefoucauld Praise Copy Share Image
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Passion Copy Share Image
