Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld quotes about
detail good happened last memory recall
Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.
cute-love everybody few love talks true
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
actions ashamed behind finest motives understood
We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives behind them.
desire lead sufficient ways
There are ways which lead to everything, and if we have sufficient will we should always have sufficient means.
clever evil extent full hardly man recognize
There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
badly egotism ourselves rather speak talk
We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
cannot contentment seek useless
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
conceal cute-love disguise exists love
There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
affairs ashamed few love people sad-love
There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation is over.
below bitter hate hatred places whom
When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate.