“Hope, deceitful as it is, carries us through life agreeably enough.” Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.” LyingJudgingIllFalsehoodDeceived Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy.” PeopleBearsMisfortunesHeroicConstancyMisfortunes Of Others Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“However we may conceal our passions under the veil ... there is always some place where they peep out.” MayPassionVeils Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.” MenPassionSimplestEloquentInfalliblePersuasiveOratorsOratory Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“When the heart is still disturbed by the relics of a passion it is proner to take up a new one than when wholly cured.” HeartStillsPassionDisturbedRelics Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more.” SometimesShowsPastPraiseEsteemContempt Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“To praise great actions is in some sense to share them.” ActionSharePraise Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom. GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ, "Felicity", Leibniz: Political Writings Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered. JOHN LOCKE, Some Thoughts Concerning Education However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.” IfsMenWorldWritingBelieveMayYoungPoliticalDesireLostActingEnemyVirtueCrimeHabitHarderDareYoung ManWickedAttributesFelicityWicked ManKnowledge Of The WorldPolitical Writing Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.” IfsProblemChildhoodHugeTidesStemObesityChild ObesityChildhood Obesity Author:Lance Armstrong