Famous Quotes / Francois de La Rochefoucauld
458 Quotations by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- 101. It is easier for a well-trained mind to submit to an ill-trained mind than to guide it.
- 102. It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
- 103. It is easier to govern others than to prevent being governed.
- 104. It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
- 105. It is far easier to be wise for others than to be wise for oneself
- 106. It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness.
- 107. It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
- 108. It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
- 109. It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
- 110. It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent.
- 111. It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may bef ...
- 112. It is much easier to know men than it is to know a man.
- 113. It is much easier to seem fitted for posts we do not fill, than for those we do.
- 114. It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.
- 115. It is not enough to have great qualities; we should also have the management of them.
- 116. It is not enough to succeed, others must fail.
- 117. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
- 118. It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in genera ...
- 119. It is sometimes necessary to play the fool in order to avoid being deceived by cunning men.
- 120. It is very hard to separate the general goodness spread all over the world from great cleverness.