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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.”
“There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.”
“A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.”
“The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.”
“Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.”
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”
“The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.”
“If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.”
“Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.”
“When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.”
“Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.”
“A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.”
“There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.”
“It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.”
“The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.”
“Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.”
“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.”
“The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.”
“Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.”
“It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.”