Certain Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “There are certain defects which, well-mounted, glitter like virtue itself.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Certain Defects Glitter Virtue Wells
There are sometimes beauties in a character which would never have appeared but for a defect, and defects which would never have appeared but… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Copy Share Image
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Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection… — Horace Copy Share Image
Well, there are always those who cannot distinguish between glitter and glamour . . . the glamour of Isadora Duncan came from her great,… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Virtue, without the graces, is like a rich diamond unpolished--it hardly looks better than a common pebble; but when the hand of the master… — Jane Porter 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
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
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