Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Heart Copy Share Image
Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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 Feminism Copy Share Image
There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Excess Copy Share Image
No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Blind Copy Share Image
When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Age Copy Share Image
Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Character Copy Share Image
What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Contempt Copy Share Image
There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Great minds Copy Share Image
Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Esteem Copy Share Image
The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Advice Copy Share Image
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ambition Copy Share Image
Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Confidence Copy Share Image
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Art Copy Share Image
Fortune turns all things to the advantage of those on whom she smiles. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Advantage Copy Share Image
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Misers mistake gold for their good; whereas 'tis only a means of attaining it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Gold Copy Share Image
There are certain defects which, well-mounted, glitter like virtue itself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Clever Copy Share Image
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Death Copy Share Image
The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Fashion Copy Share Image
Virtue is to the soul what health is tot he body. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Body Copy Share Image
Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We cannot possibly imagine the variety of contradictions in every heart. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Contradiction Copy Share Image
There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Defects Copy Share Image
It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill than for those we do. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The rust of business is sometimes polished off in a camp; but never in a court. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Business 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
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ghosts Copy Share Image
More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
