Brave Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Brave Chaste Chastity Courage Men Valor
We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“It is quite idle (...) to insist so much on bodily strength, as a necessary qualification to military employments. And it is full as… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
“The average woman is far braver than the average man. The common kind of courage-that of the soldier who disregards the danger of death-belongs… — Alfred B. Douglas Copy Share Image
Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Across disparate cultures that require physical risk-taking as a rite of passage, it is always the men who engage in such pursuits. — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
“Why is it that men think they are brave and women are weak? Women see more blood and pain than men ever do, unless… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Perhaps this is an age when men think bravely of the human spirit; for surely they have a strange lust to lay it bare. — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
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And I read the moral--A brave endeavour To do thy duty, whate'er its worth, Is better than life with love forever, And love is… — James Jeffrey Roche Copy Share Image
I admire machinery as much is any man, and am as thankful to it as any man can be for what it does for… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
You know what really made me sick? I was in Washington, D.C. at another time reading in a paper where the U.S. gives Byron… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think but I'm… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
“A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children without cultivate… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image