All Francois La Rochefoucauld Quotes
- If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship. Consequences
- The confidence which we have in ourselves engenders the greatest part of that which we have in others Confidence
- Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process Confidence
- The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice. Famous Love
- Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them Censure
- The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning Good
- The mind cannot long act the role of the heart. Act
- Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds are quite conscious of them and despise them Conscious
- Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work Fortune
- Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty Certainty
- Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity in the person who causes it. All
- Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire Absence
- Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it Always Born
- If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength From
- Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of youth. Age
- The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly. Age
- Women who love, pardon more readily great indiscretions than little infidelities. Great
- The pleasure of love is in loving. We are much happier in the passion we feel than in that we inspire Feel
- In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils, though no longer for the pleasures. Age
- The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age. Age
- Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood, age retains its tastes by habit. Age
- In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love. All
- Of all the violent passions the one that becomes a woman best is love. All