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
A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.
Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.
It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.
Organize one's values in the order of their worth
One can no more look steadily at death than at the sun.
The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.
What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own.
There are few good women who do not tire of their role.
What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.
Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.
Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.
Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.
The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.