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
All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.
Taste may change, but inclination never.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more.
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger....