Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Natural Copy Share Image
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Endure Copy Share Image
It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them — François De La Rochefoucauld Friendship Copy Share Image
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Deceiving Copy Share Image
Friendship is a traffic wherein self-love always proposes to be the gainer. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Friendship Copy Share Image
Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry by true love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Coquetry Copy Share Image
“It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Abilities Copy Share Image
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Answers Copy Share Image
We judge so superficially of things, that common words and actions spoke and done in an agreeable manner, with some knowledge of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ability Copy Share Image
Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Bounds Copy Share Image
We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Great happiness Copy Share Image
The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Brilliant Copy Share Image
Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Again Copy Share Image
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Concern Copy Share Image
The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Great ones Copy Share Image
To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them with impunity — François De La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ability 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 do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Order Copy Share Image
It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Love Copy Share Image
Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Discovery Copy Share Image
Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Affected Copy Share Image
Those who are condemned to death affect sometimes a constancy and contempt for death which is only the fear of facing it;… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Bandages Copy Share Image
Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Age Copy Share Image
