How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.
– François de La Rochefoucauld
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
– François de La Rochefoucauld
Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
– François de La Rochefoucauld
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The defects of the understanding, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The happiness or unhappiness of men depends as much on their humors as on fortune.
– François de La Rochefoucauld
The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
– François de La Rochefoucauld
To be deceived by our enemies or betrayed by our friends in insupportable; yet by ourselves we are often content to be so treated.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We always like those who admire us we do not always like those whom we admire.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood our motives.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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