Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld quotes about
passion resist weakness
If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength.
jealousy
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
faithful love remain struggle undergo
The struggle we undergo to remain faithful to one we love is little better than infidelity.
failure means people rather
It is for want of application, rather than of means that people fail,
convinces orators passions speakers-and-speaking
Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.
cleverness conceal great
It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness.
cleverness conceal height
The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.
becomes doubt entirely madness pass soon stops
Live on doubts; it becomes madness or stops entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
forever lovers talking tired
Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves.
argument fault last lay quarrels
Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.
approach enemies judgments nearer truth
Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves.
deceives few persons praise prefer sufficient wisdom
Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.
faults french-writer half observing
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take half so much satisfaction in observing those of other people.
easy others wisdom wise
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.