Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Mind, Heart, Speech

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Age, Mind, Face

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Often, Desire, Seem

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Mind, Heart, Patsy

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Good, Calm, Temper

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Real, Name, Virtue

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Advice, Liberal

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Persuade, Passions, Orators

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Reason, Themselves, Talking

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Word, Virtue, Useful

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great, Men, Society

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Through, Become, Innocent

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Good, Evil, Heroes

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men, Nothing, Advice

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great, Themselves, Lives

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great, Others, Suspect

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great, Men, Truth

Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Work, Nature, Alone

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Wish, Dangerous, Fault

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great, Ability, Hide

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great, Obligation, Haste

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Strength, Enough, Others

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love, Admire, Whom

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men, Strong, Enough

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Give, Friends, Affection

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: September 15, 1613

Died: March 17, 1680

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