Fortunes Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon…

— Andre Maurois

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Happiness mainly depends on man's ability to work and the way in which he does it.

— Richard L. Evans

If you investigate the matter deeply enough and widely enough, you will find that happiness eludes nearly all men despite the fact that they…

— Paul Brunton

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom…

— Benjamin Franklin

All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end.

— Blaise Pascal

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

— Herodotus

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

— Francois Rabelais

Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.

— Democritus

Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of…

— Baron de Montesquieu