Giving Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Giving Goodness Ill Impunity Men Opportunity Virtue
Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
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It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good? — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
However different men's fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the ill and the good, and makes all even at… — Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Copy Share Image
men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement,… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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
Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation. — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image
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Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image