Best Francois de La Rochefoucauld Sayings
- Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor. All
- There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn… Achievement
- The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals. Absurdity
- A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he… Accept
- We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones. Betray
- It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others. Deceive
- The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are. Bitterly
- We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like… Betrayed
- There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill. Conceal
- There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults. Disgust
- Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck. Honest
- Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples. Advice
- Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it. Ability
- The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest… Advice
- We may give advice, but not the sense to use it. Advice
- Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor. Across
- Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart. Contradiction
- We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who… All
- Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all… Agreeable
- We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not. Gain
- Fortune and humor govern the world. Fortune
- One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks. Happiness
- Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves. Funny
- Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage… Allow
- Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life. Dictionary
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