“We endeavor to make a virtue of the faults we are unwilling to correct.”
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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“We should not be much concerned about faults we have the courage to own.”
“There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.”
“We easily forget our faults when no one knows them but ourselves.”
“What we cut off from our other faults is very often but so much added to our pride.”
“Fortune mends more faults in us than ever reason would be able to do.”
“We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones.”
“The smallest fault of women who give themselves up to love is to love.”
“Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”
“All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.”
“It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.”
“Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.”
“We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.”
“Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.”
“Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.”
“We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.”
“We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.”
“Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.”
“If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.”
“Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.”
“Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.”
Source: Maximes Et Reflexions Morales Traduites en Grec Moderne Par Wladimir Brunet; Avec Une Traduction Anglaise en Regard
“In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.”
“Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.”
“We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.”
“Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.”
“The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.”