“Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture.” SimplicityAffectedElegant Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.” MenBelieveMaySpeakSincerityDistrustSincerelyAlways Believe Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.” GivingShouldPleasureExtremesSelf-importance Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love.” FeelsSelfSelf LoveIllFeel GoodProportion Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“There are some bad qualities which make great talents.” QualityTalentGreat TalentBad Qualities Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.” ThinkingWaySometimesDoneDislikeFlattery Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Tastes in young people are changed by natural impetuosity, and in the aged are preserved by habit.” PeopleYoungNaturalChangedHabitTaste Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.” LittlesDoeBigsHappensDependsPleasantLittle ThingsTemperArrangementsTranquilityBig ThingsTemperamentAgitation Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Sobriety is love of health, or inability to eat much.” InabilitySobrietyTemperance Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld