Famous Quotes / Francois de La Rochefoucauld
458 Quotations by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- 161. Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we shou ...

- 162. Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a defer ...

- 163. Nothing is rarer than true good nature; those who are though to have it are usually just easily domi ...

- 164. Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more o ...

- 165. Nothing is so infectious as example.

- 166. Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

- 167. Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we notice that we disapprove o ...

- 168. Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.

- 169. Now matter how many discoveries we make in the vast regions of self-love, undiscovered regions still ...

- 170. Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

- 171. Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad example ...

- 172. Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad ...

- 173. Old people love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set a bad exam ...

- 174. One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have ha ...

- 175. One forgives to the degree that one loves.

- 176. One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

- 177. Only in trifling matters are we usually bold enough not to trust to appearances.

- 178. Only people who possess firmness can possess true gentleness. In those who appear gentle, it is usua ...

- 179. Only the great can afford to have great defects.

- 180. Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.
