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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.”
“Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.”
“Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.”
“Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones.”
“The smallest fault of women who give themselves up to love is to love.”
“We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.”
“Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.”
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
“Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.”
“Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.”
“The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others.”
“Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.”
“What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.”