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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.”
“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
“One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.”
“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.”
“Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.”
“Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.”
“There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted.”
“Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.”
“We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.”
“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.”
“The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others.”
“To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed.”
“We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.”
“If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.”
“The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.”
“If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.”
“Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.”
“If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.”
“For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.”
“The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.”
“We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be.”
“The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.”
“We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.”
“Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.”
“Our enemies' opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own.”
“It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.”
“Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.”
“The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth”