Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Business Copy Share Image
We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Blessings Copy Share Image
Tastes in young people are changed by natural impetuosity, and in the aged are preserved by habit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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 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
The dullness of certain people is sometimes a sufficient security against the attack of an artful man. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Enemies Copy Share Image
Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Decadence Copy Share Image
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly displeasing — François De La Rochefoucauld Adversity Copy Share Image
Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Affliction Copy Share Image
As the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Body Copy Share Image
Those who are overreached by our cunning are far from appearing to us as ridiculous as we appear to ourselves when the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Best friend Copy Share Image
