Appearance Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “We take less pains to be happy, than to appear so.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Appearance Happiness Happy Pain
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable, — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves. — Babloo Copy Share Image
We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves — Confucius Copy Share Image
We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be. — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
Being happy is not about circumstances or any other outside force but it is a decision we make. — Senoraroy 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
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
We must, however, note that what are usually called the high religions made their appearance within about twenty-five hundred years - most of them… — Kenneth Scott Latourette Copy Share Image
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
You can have a nice body, dress with the latest fashion. But if you don't have self-confidence sweetheart, forget about looking sexy, you can't… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are one of many appearances of the thing called Life; we are not its perfect image, for it has no perfect image except… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Appearance records are pretty special. Mine means a lot to me, not only because I love stats, but because it shows that I am… — David James Copy Share Image
