Knowing Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Knowing
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen. — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Our wishes never seem so little desirable as when on the verge of accomplishment; we draw back instinctively, they look so different from what… — Geraldine Jewsbury Copy Share Image
Perhaps fortunately, no one has ever found out what it would be like to have all his wishes fulfilled. — Mason Cooley 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 certainly do care for you Jeff Campbell less than you are always thinking and much more than you are ever knowing — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
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Therefore, brethren, pray until God gives us revelation so that "knowing this" in our spirit we may truly confess "that our old man has… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
The path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being--one… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
Knowing does not always allow us to prevent, but at least the things that we know, we hold them, if not in our hands,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
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The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
They have no right to complain! If women were cool with knowing their man is cheating on them then they have no right to… — Eric Williams Copy Share Image
Those who are the most happy appear to know it the least; happiness is something that for the most part seems to mainly consist… — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
