Famous Quotes / Francois de La Rochefoucauld
458 Quotations by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- 341. To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.
- 342. To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.
- 343. To establish our position in the world, we will do anything to appear as if we established it.
- 344. To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.
- 345. To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
- 346. To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conve ...
- 347. To praise good actions heartily is in some measure to take part in them.
- 348. To refuse praise reveals a desire to be praised twice over.
- 349. To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.
- 350. Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
- 351. Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
- 352. True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all th ...
- 353. True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.
- 354. True love is like a ghost: everyone speaks of it, but few have seen it.
- 355. Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil.
- 356. Usually we praise only to be praised.
- 357. Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason.
- 358. Virtue would not go far if vanity did not accompany her.
- 359. We admit to small faults in order to persuade others that we don't have great ones.
- 360. We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.