Death Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Death Eye Steady Sun
One can no more look steadily at death than at the sun. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness. — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
The eye cannot see it; the mind cannot grasp it. The deathless Self (the Supreme Soul or God) has neither caste nor race, Neither… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored. — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
The mind's eye is perhaps no better fitted for the full radiance of truth, than is the body's for that of the sun. — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke 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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