Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillacla ʁɔʃfuˈko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. It is said that his world-view was clear-eyed and urbane, and that he neither condemned human conduct nor sentimentally celebrated it. Born in Paris on the Rue des Petits Champs, at a time when the royal court was vacillating between aiding the nobility and threatening it, he was considered an exemplar of the accomplished 17th-century...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth15 September 1613
CountryFrance
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes about
Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.
To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.
Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.
We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.
Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence to the prejudice of the future.
We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity
Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.
Weakness is more opposed to virtue than is vice.
None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will.
Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time.
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.
We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.