“Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld DesireGreatest
“Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Life
“The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Fear
“When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Love
“When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld LieLove
“We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Good
“We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Good
“Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld EasyEvilFuturePastPhilosophy
“We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld LawTruth
“Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld TimeWar
“However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld TrustTruth
“We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Friends
“Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Passion
“The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld DesireGoodWin
“One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Love
“You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Woman
“The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld Duty
