Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In love we often doubt what we most believe... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is not enough to have great qualities.. view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is with true love as it is with ghosts.. view

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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular... view

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It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self... view

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It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills... view

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It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever... view

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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us... view

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In the human heart new passions are forever being born.. view

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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors... view

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It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated.. view

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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love... view

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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness... view

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Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances... view

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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength... view

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It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures... view

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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge... view

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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves... view

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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss... view

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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved... view

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It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The mind is always the patsy of the heart... view

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The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune... view

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The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices... view

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The mind cannot long play the heart's role... view

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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us... view

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The passions are the only orators which always persuade... view

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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve... view

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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld