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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason.”
“A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.”
“No man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love.”
“Silence is the best security to the man who distrusts himself.”
“Great men's honor ought always to be measured by the methods they made use of in attaining it.”
“Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.”
“Some men are like ballads, that are in everyone's mouth a little while.”
“One man may be more cunning than another, but no one can be more cunning than all the world.”
“It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.”
“A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.”
“We exaggerate the glory of some men in order to detract from that of others.”
“Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.”
“The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.”
“Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever”
“A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.”
“If it were not for poetry, few men would ever fall in love.”