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
Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time.
A man cannot please long who has only one kind of wit.
The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the harm we may have brought upon ourselves.
No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to.
For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.
Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.
Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.
Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.
The reason why lovers and their mistresses never tire of being together is that they are always talking of themselves. [Fr., Ce qui fait que amants et les maitresses ne s'ennuient point d'etre ensemble; c'est qu'ils parlent toujours d'eux memes.]
Weak people cannot be sincere.