“There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame.”
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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.”
“Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.”
“Tastes in young people are changed by natural impetuosity, and in the aged are preserved by habit.”
“Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.”
“Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm.”
“The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.”
“Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.”
“The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.”
“There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does.”
“All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood.”
“Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.”
“No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.”
“Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.”
“It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.”
“We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.”
“No fools are so difficult to manage as those with some brains.”
“Sobriety is concern for one's health - or limited capacity.”
“Sometimes in life situations develop that only the half-crazy can get out of.”
“Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.”