“Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Dead
“Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld DeathOld
“Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld BadGoodOld
“The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Good
“If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld SilenceTrust
“There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld LoveJudgeConsequenceFriendship
“We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld HateLove
“In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld BestFriends
“Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Passion
“In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld KnowledgeLifeWise
“In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld MeanPassion
