Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.