“A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.”
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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.”
“The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.”
“There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.”
“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.”
“We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.”
“Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.”
“Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.”
“Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.”
“Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.”
“The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.”
“The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.”
“The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.”
“Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.”
“We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”
“We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.”
“We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.”
“We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.”
“Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.”
“When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.”
“When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.”