458 Quotations by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- 1. A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects t ...
![A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects t .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value. Ou ...
![A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value. Ou .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. A countless number of acts that appear foolish actually have secret motives that are very wise and w ...
![A countless number of acts that appear foolish actually have secret motives that are very wise and w .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain else where.
![A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain else where.. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.
![A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.
![A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with ...
![A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
![A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acqu ...
![A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acqu .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. Ability wins us the appreciation of the true persons, and luck wins that of "the people."
![Ability wins us the appreciation of the true persons, and luck wins that of](/img/view.gif)
- 11. Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a ...
![Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. Absence lessens small passions and increases great ones, just as the wind will blow out a candle but ...
![Absence lessens small passions and increases great ones, just as the wind will blow out a candle but .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. All feelings have their distinct tone of voice, gestures and looks; and it is this harmony, as it is ...
![All feelings have their distinct tone of voice, gestures and looks; and it is this harmony, as it is .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
![All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. Almost all of our faults are more excusable than the means we take to hide them.
![Almost all of our faults are more excusable than the means we take to hide them.. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to them.
![Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to them.. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. Although we don't have the courage to say that in general, we have no faults and our enemies have no ...
![Although we don't have the courage to say that in general, we have no faults and our enemies have no .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. And there is another more general kind of discretion, for there is no man who does all he would have ...
![And there is another more general kind of discretion, for there is no man who does all he would have .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the g ...
![As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the g .... Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
![As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.](/img/view.gif)
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