Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
		It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Writer Quotes Category: French Writer Quotes Date of Birth: September 15, 1613 Date of Death: March 17, 1680 Nationality: French Amazon: Francois de La Rochefoucauld on Amazon	Related Authors: Voltaire Simone de Beauvoir Nicolas de Chamfort Louis-Ferdinand Celine Stendhal Madame de Stael Andre Maurois Georges Bataille
		Select Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotations: A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new. Francois de La Rochefoucauld We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second. Francois de La Rochefoucauld There are heroes in evil as well as in good. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Quote Keywords: Almost, Always, Ceases, Fault, Loved, Loves, Realize	Dictionary Links: Almost, Always, Fault, Loved, Realize	All Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotations: A great many men's gratitude is... A man is sometimes as different... A man's worth has its season... A refusal of praise is a... A true friend is the greatest... A wise man thinks it more... A work can become modern only... Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great... All the passions make us commit... As great minds have the faculty... As it is the characteristic of... As one grows older, one becomes... Before we set our hearts too... Being a blockhead is sometimes the... Conceit causes more conversation than wit. Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. Decency is the least of all... Every one speaks well of his... Everyone complains of his memory, and... Few people have the wisdom to... Few things are impracticable in themselves... Flattery is a kind of bad... Fortune converts everything to the advantage... Funeral pomp is more for the... Good advice is something a man... Gracefulness is to the body what... Gratitude is merely the secret hope... Great souls are not those who... He is not to pass for... He who lives without folly isn't... Heat of blood makes young people... Hope, deceiving as it is, serves... How can we expect another to... How is it that we remember... However glorious an action in itself... However greatly we distrust the sincerity... However rare true love may be... Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays... I have always been an admirer... If it were not for the... If there be a love pure... If we are to judge of... If we did not flatter ourselves... If we had no faults of... If we judge love by most... If we resist our passions, it... In all professions each affects a... In friendship as well as love... In love we often doubt what... In most of mankind gratitude is... In the human heart new passions... In the misfortunes of our best... Innocence does not find near so... It is a great act of... It is almost always a fault... It is easier to appear worthy... It is easier to be wise... It is easier to know men... It is from a weakness and... It is great folly to wish... It is not enough to have... It is not in the power... It is often laziness and timidity... It is with an old love... It is with true love as... It takes nearly as much ability... It's easier to be wise for... It's the height of folly to... Jealously is always born with love... Jealousy contains more of self-love... Jealousy is bred in doubts. When... Jealousy is not so much the... Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes... Jealousy springs more from love of... Love can no more continue without... Love often leads on to ambition... Many men are contemptuous of riches... Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches... Men give away nothing so liberally... Men often pass from love to... Moderation is the feebleness and sloth... Most of our faults are more... Most people know no other way... Nature seems at each man's birth... Neither the sun nor death can... Never give anyone the advice to... No man deserves to be praised... No man is clever enough to... No men are oftener wrong than... Not all those who know their... Nothing hinders a thing from being... Nothing is impossible; there are ways... Nothing is so contagious as example... Nothing prevents one from appearing natural... Old age is a tyrant, who... Old men are fond of giving... Old people love to give good... On neither the sun, nor death... One can find women who have... One forgives to the degree that... One is never fortunate or as... Only the contemptible fear contempt. Our actions seem to have their... Our aversion to lying is commonly... Our concern for the loss of... Our virtues are often, in reality... Passion makes idiots of the cleverest... People always complain about their memories, never... People that are conceited of their... People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades... Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perfect courage is to do without... Perfect Valor is to do, without... Perfect valour consists in doing without... Perhaps being old is having lighted... Philosophy finds it an easy matter... Politeness is a desire to be... Pride does not wish to owe... Pride, which inspires us with so... Quarrels would not last long if... Repentance is not so much remorse... Ridicule dishonors a man more than... Self-interest makes some people blind... Silence is the safest course for... Some accidents there are in life... Some counterfeits reproduce so very well... Some people displease with merit, and... Taste may change, but inclination never. That good disposition which boasts of... The accent of a man's native... The accent of one's birthplace remains... The defects and faults of the... The defects of the mind, like... The desire of talking of ourselves... The desire to seem clever often... The first lover is kept a... The force we use on ourselves... The generality of virtuous women are... The greatest part of intimate confidences... The happiness and misery of men... The heart is forever making the... The intellect is always fooled by... The man that thinks he loves... The mind cannot long play the... The mind is always the patsy... The moderation of people in prosperity... The more one loves a mistress... The name and pretense of virtue... The one thing people are the... The only thing that should surprise... The passions are the only orators... The principal point of cleverness is... The reason that lovers never weary... The reason why so few people... The sure mark of one born... The sure way to be cheated... The surest way to be deceived... The virtues and vices are all... The word virtue is as useful... There are a great many men... There are bad people who would... There are but very few men... There are crimes which become innocent... There are few virtuous women who... There are heroes in evil as... There are various sorts of curiosity... There are very few people who... There are very few things impossible... There is a kind of elevation... There is many a virtuous woman... There is no better proof of... There is no disguise which can... There is nothing men are so... There is only one kind of... They that apply themselves to trifling... Those that have had great passions... Those who are incapable of committing... Those who occupy their minds with... Though men are apt to flatter... Though nature be ever so generous... Timidity is a fault for which... To achieve greatness one should live... To know how to hide one's... Too great haste to repay an... True love is like ghosts, which... Usually we praise only to be praised. Virtue would go far if vanity... We all have enough strength to... We always get bored with those... 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