“We can be more clever than one, but not more clever than all.” Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Confidence always pleases those who receive it. It is a tribute we pay to their merit, a deposit we commit to their trust, a pledge that gives them a claim upon us, a kind of dependence to which we voluntarily submit.” GivingKindPayConfidencePleaseClaimsCommitMeritSubmitDependencePledgeTributeDeposits Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.” GreaterShareConfidenceConversationWit Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.” BelieveMayConfidenceSincerityDistrustAlways BelieveConverses Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.” ArtSelfWiseConstancy Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.” Contempt Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Those only are despicable who fear to be despised.” ContemptDespisedDespicable Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.” GivingWellsLittlesPersonsAbleSpeakGivenSecretBreakRegretConversationLays Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.” LittlesSelfSecretHalfOpinionToo MuchSelf LoveConversationMark Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld