“It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.”
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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.”
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
“The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.”
“If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.”
“If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.”
“Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.”
“Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.”
“There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.”
“When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.”
“People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.”
“Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.”
“Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.”
“Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.”
“We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.”
“Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.”
“Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.”
“They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.”
“Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.”
“If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.”
“In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.”
“Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.”
“To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.”
“We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.”
“How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?”
“If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.”
“Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.”