French author
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy. – François de La Rochefoucauld
All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy. – François de La Rochefoucauld
There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In love we often doubt what we most believe. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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