Character Quote by Francois de la Rochefoucauld Download Open image ““Virtues are lost in self interest as rivers are lost in the sea.”” — Francois de la Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Self interest
The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Rivers have what man most respects and longs for in his own life and thought-a capacity for renewal and replenishment, continual energy, creativity,cleansing. J.M.… — Henry C. Duggan III Copy Share Image
“Judging a rivers currents is as though judging another. You will never know until the undertow drags you down to the depths of its… — Zachary Koukol Copy Share Image
“Being determined is to only know rivers but keep dreaming of oceans every single time.” — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“If you are open to receiving the essential nature of life, its intelligence will flow through you like a great river.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“The greatest rivers always find their way to the ocean. Like a ship reaching out to its motherland.” — Saleem Sharma Copy Share Image
“When your heart overfloweth broad and full like the river, a blessing and a danger to the lowlanders: there is the origin of your… — Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Copy Share Image
One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow. — Anonymous 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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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
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If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
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