“We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.” Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans.” ShouldPayGratitudeDemandRelationCreditDebtEquityLoanBackboneFacilitate Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.” KnowsMenWholeKnow HowGreatnessFortuneProfitGreat MenGood Fortune Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“I think sometimes that people think brave means not being afraid, which of course it doesn't mean that at all. It means that you're afraid, but you move past that and do it anyway, do what you think is right.” PeopleThinkingMeanSometimesPastMovingCoursesBraveBeing Afraid Author:Craig Ferguson
“However great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes.” GivenHeroAdvantageFortuneHeroism Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Happy people rarely correct their faults; they consider themselves vindicated, since fortune endorses their evil ways.” PeopleWayHappinessEvilFortuneFaultsHappy PeopleVindicated Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.” PeopleTragedyFavorsHuman ConditionUnbearableUngratefulScoundrelsIndebtedUngrateful People Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.” PeopleUseOrderHumilityPrideSubmissionSubmissiveSubterfuge Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The world is full of pots jeering at kettles.” WorldJudgmentPotKettlesJeering Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love.” Impossible Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.” LoveDeceitMistrust Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld