Famous Quotes / Francois de La Rochefoucauld
458 Quotations by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- 141. Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
- 142. Men only blame vice and praise virtue from the perspective of self-interest.
- 143. Men would not live long in society if they were not the dupes of each other.
- 144. Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range.
- 145. Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.
- 146. Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
- 147. Most men expose themselves in battle just enough to save their honor. Few are willing to do go any f ...
- 148. Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities that chance discovers.
- 149. Most people judge men only by success or by fortune.
- 150. Most things are praised or condemned only because it is fashionable to praise or condemn them.
- 151. Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
- 152. No man is clever enough to know all the evil that he does.
- 153. No man is clever enough to know all the evil that he does.
- 154. No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a g ...
- 155. No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a g ...
- 156. No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, ...
- 157. No people are more often wrong than those who will not allow themselves to be wrong.
- 158. No person is either so happy or so unhappy as he imagines
- 159. No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
- 160. Not only are men susceptible to forget benefits and injuries, they can even grow to hate those who h ...