Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.
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The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.
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Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.
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Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense.
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Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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You are never so easily fooled as when trying to fool someone else.
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It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.
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The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.
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A man often believes himself leader when he is led; as his mind endeavors to reach one goal, his heart insensibly drags him towards another.
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It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular
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There are follies as catching as contagious disorders.
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The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
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We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
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Hatred is stronger than friendship.
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Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.
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A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.
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We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
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All women seem by nature to be coquettes.
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A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.
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We judge so superficially of things, that common words and actions spoke and done in an agreeable manner, with some knowledge of what passes in the world, often succeed beyond the greatest ability.
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None but great men are capable of having great flaws.
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In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Born: September 15, 1613
- Died: March 17, 1680
- Occupation: Author
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