Chance Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chance Men Plant Quality
The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Men are like trees: each one must put forth the leaf that is created in him. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Again, the great number of cultivated men keep each other up to a high standard. The habit of meeting well-read and knowing men teaches… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Women are like flowers, each with different color, design and beauty. The problem arises when men act like gardeners. — Aisha Copy Share Image
Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
Some men's reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance. — Richard Whately 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
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I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody. — Moliere Copy Share Image
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Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image