There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Kind Copy Share Image
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Flattering Copy Share Image
Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Avarice Copy Share Image
Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the results of any great design, but of chance. — François De La Rochefoucauld Chance Copy Share Image
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Happiness Copy Share Image
The truest comparison we can make of love is to liken it to a fever; we have no more power over the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Comparison Copy Share Image
Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Appearance Copy Share Image
Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Accidents Copy Share Image
Confidence always pleases those who receive it. It is a tribute we pay to their merit, a deposit we commit to their… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Claims Copy Share Image
Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Believe Copy Share Image
Gravity is a mysterious carriage of the body invented to cover the defects of the mind. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Body Copy Share Image
A man does not please long when he has only species of wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Doe Copy Share Image
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Believe Copy Share Image
If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Complaining Copy Share Image
Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Already taken Copy Share Image
Humility is often only the putting on of a submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them;… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ambition Copy Share Image
It is harder to hide the feelings we have than to feign the ones we do not have. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Feelings Copy Share Image
“If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Criticism Copy Share Image
Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Dangerous Copy Share Image
It appears that nature has hid at the bottom of our hearts talents and abilities unknown to us. It is only the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ability Copy Share Image
A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Clever Copy Share Image
Of all our faults, the one we avow most easily is idleness; we persuade ourselves that it is allied to all the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Despite Copy Share Image
Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Children Copy Share Image
